Blog Category: ScherGain Drop Pan Solution System

Canola does not give you much room for error at harvest.

A small amount of loss can be hard to see from the cab, but across an entire field, it adds up quickly. That is what makes canola frustrating. You can be moving along, thinking the combine is doing a good job, while grain is steadily leaving the machine behind you.

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Oats can be one of the trickiest crops to dial in at harvest. Unlike heavier grains, oats are light, fluffy, and far more prone to being carried out the back of the combine during separation. What looks like clean straw can often be hiding real yield loss when airflow, rotor speed, and threshing efficiency aren’t working together.

The challenge isn’t just oat harvest grain loss, it’s controlling them.

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Harvesting high-moisture corn can test even the most experienced operators. Tougher kernels, sticky cobs, and inconsistent flow through the rotor all combine to create one frustrating reality: constant adjustments. Open the concaves, close them back up, tweak rotor speed, adjust again. It’s time-consuming and can cost you grain.

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Anyone who has harvested wheat knows the feeling. You pull up to the truck, check the grain tank, and the sample just isn’t as clean as you’d like. Often, a dirty sample is a sign the combine is working harder than it needs to.

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Canola doesn’t give you much warning before it starts costing you money.

Pods can shatter at the header. Loss can occur in feeding before the crop ever reaches the rotor. Once material hits the threshing system, overload or inefficient separation can quietly push seed out the back.

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When you’re harvesting barley, yield can disappear before it ever reaches the rotor.

Barley heads are fragile. Once they’re fully mature and dry, it doesn’t take much to cause shatter. Aggressive feeding, uneven crop flow, or bunching at the header can knock kernels loose before threshing even begins. By the time losses show up behind the combine, the damage is already done.

 » Read more about: How to Keep Barley Heads Intact: Reduce Shatter and Improve Feeding  »

When you check grain loss, you need real numbers, not guesses. Looking at the ground behind the combine or kicking through chaff won’t tell you how many bushels you’re leaving in the field. The ScherGain Drop Pan System does.

 » Read more about: How Accurate Is the ScherGain System for Measuring Grain Loss?  »

The ScherGain Drop Pan is a magnet mounted, remote-release tool that attaches under your combine to measure harvest loss. Drop it under your load, clean the sample, measure it with the grain gauge, and use the chart to convert kernels into loss per acre. It works as a calibration tool, not a wear part like knives or bars. Because of that, the ScherGain drop pan lifespan stretches across multiple harvests and seasons. It gives farmers a long-lasting,

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The ScherGain Drop Pan works on most major makes and models. On four-wheel drive or rear-wheel assist machines, mount the pan farther forward so the rear axle doesn’t interfere with the drop.

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When it comes to testing for combine loss, the last thing you need is to fight with unreliable batteries. The ScherGain Drop Pan Solution System is built to make harvest testing fast, accurate, and headache-free, and that includes the power source behind it. Let’s talk the ScherGain Drop Pan battery life, maintenance, and what you can expect from the lithium-ion battery that runs your drop pan.

 » Read more about: Power That Lasts: Understanding Battery Life on the ScherGain Drop Pan  »

If you’ve ever looked behind your combine and seen grain scattered on the ground, you’re probably asking yourself, “Why am I throwing so much grain out the back?” The answer, more often than not, comes down to one main factor: your harvesting speed.

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If you’ve just upgraded to a set of Razors Edge Concaves, you’re already on the path to better threshing and reduced rotor loss. But if you’re still seeing grain hit the ground behind your combine, you’re not alone—and it doesn’t mean the concaves aren’t working. It usually means a few key settings need to be adjusted to match the new hardware.

 » Read more about: Why Am I Still Throwing Grain Out the Back? And What Do I Need to Change with My New Concaves?  »

You’ve got the combine humming. The hopper’s filling fast. The grain cart is chasing you down the field, and the weather’s finally cooperating. Everything looks like it’s going right.

But there’s one big problem:  You could be leaving money on the ground — and not even realize it.

 » Read more about: You’re Losing Bushels — And You Don’t Even Know It  »

Crop loss during harvest is a significant but often overlooked issue in modern agriculture. Many farmers are unaware of the true extent of their losses, which can have a substantial impact on your bottom line. In this article we’ll explore this problem and how tools like the ScherGain Solution System can help address it.

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