I don’t know if manufacturers are using less durable metal, or if it’s because of higher average yields and more acres-per-producer, but we’re seeing a lot more wear to sieves than in years past.

A combine is a system that starts at the header and ends with the planter. No component functions independently; the header, feeder house, thresher, separator, cleaning fan and straw chopper all ...

There was a loud bang from the straw chopper as I reached the far end of Blackhouse Road field late one evening. Every combine driver will recognise what happens after a loud bang from some part of ...