Measuring harvest loss
From Cut the Crop! by Foundation for Arable Research (NZ)
February 14, 2026 · 12 min · Season 7 · Episode 6
About this episode
Chris Smith discusses the impact of measuring harvest losses on crop yield.
FAR’s Technology Manager Chris Smith surveyed growers on their 2025 harvest losses in conjunction with the combine set-up workshops. In this episode of Cut the Crop, he says this showed that growers who measure with drop trays, whether commercial or improvised, record half the crop losses of those that don’t. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Guest: Chris Smith
Topics covered
- harvest loss
- crop measurement
- agriculture technology
- grower practices
- combine set-up
Keywords
- harvest loss
- drop trays
- crop losses
- combine workshops
- agriculture
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Foundation for Arable Research
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