48 November 4, 2014 2014 LOGAN COUNTY FARM OUTLOOK MAGAZINE LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.com
Geringhoff is a German company that deals
primarily in corn headers. Corn headers, as
the name implies, are used for harvesting
corn in the fields.
MacDon is a Canada-based manufacturer
who deals in a great variety of parts and
attachments, but specifically displayed their
new soybean header. Soybean headers,
similar to corn headers, are used when
harvesting the namesake crop.
According to reports from Geringhoff, the
new corn header, the “Independence,” or
the Horizon Elite XL, will be ready for
the market in 2015. The new header is
being deemed a revolution in the world
of corn harvesting because of its design.
According to reports, the new header will
be able to harvest corn regardless of any set
row spacing or equipment configuration.
In addition, a representative of Geringhoff
announced at the August demonstration that
the company is working on building more
large headers for the American market.
These larger headers, which would measure
between 35-foot and 50-foot in width, will
go into development over the next two
years.
In previous years, Geringhoff won
innovation awards for developing headers
that broke records in size. For example,
in 2010, they released the Northstar 2420
which folds from 41-foot down to 21-foot.
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