Duck Foot Parts–Header Precision and Harvest Efficiency
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gricultural production is facing many challenges - changing weather conditions, depleting soil nutrients, shifting global dietary trends, increasing global food demand requiring farmers to produce more on fewer acres, stricter environmental footprint regulations, rising land and equipment costs, and global political and economic issues impacting trade. For farmers to maintain viable, profitable operations, implementing new techniques, solutions and innovations is critical. With rising costs, farmers are searching for new ways to increase efficiencies, while also protecting soil health and maintaining land quality for future generations. Pulse and soybean crops are commonly grown in North America and around the world. They have the unique ability to fix nitrogen levels in the soil,
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providing rotational benefits with fewer agricultural inputs, which encourages farmers to incorporate them into their operation. However, a soybean crop, for example, experiences 80 per cent of its losses at the header stage, so this is a good starting point for advancing harvest efficiency. Seeing grain losses during his own harvest was the driving force for Duck Foot Parts’ Founder & President, Steve Kastning, to develop Duck Foot® paddle tines. The slip-over paddle tines are an award-winning patented farm innovation, created to solve the problem of combine header losses. Duck Foot® was designed to be a time-efficient and cost-effective solution to benefit farmers during harvest. Connecting the product to the farmers who use them, Duck Foot Parts offers knowledge, experience, and expert support. The company has continued to advance and
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evolve and now offers a unique clip system and models that fit nine header brands. Duck Foot Parts is focused on building strong relationships with its customers - farmers, dealers and distributors - providing responsive and superior customer service. “Being farmers ourselves, we share in the experience of our customers, and we take pride in offering a quality product to increase yield and save time for farmers during harvest”, said Kastning. Field-tests show 75% savings in header losses in soybean and pulse crops. In all crops the additional advantages such as running a slower reel speed and gaining ground speed can reduce fuel as well as wear and tear on machinery. Duck Foot Parts: The Trusted Name in Header Precision & Harvest Efficiency. For more information, visit www.duckfootparts.ca . e
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