Cascadia Grains Conference Friday Field Track – All About Combines

Learn what you need to know to select, adjust, maintain, and operate a combine. Combines are highly efficient harvesting machines…if they are properly adjusted, maintained, and run by an experienced operator. A beginners intro to the functional parts and key adjustments such as concave clearance, fan speed for different grains, chaffer and sieve openings, cylinder speed, and much more. Comb through the major and minor working parts of several sizes and types of combines. Led by experienced grain farmers and equipment mechanics. Also take a full tour of Kirsop Farm, a diversified grain, vegetable, and livestock operation, hearing about their grain production and feed operation, and how their sheep, chicken, vegetable and grain operations fit together.