Every harvest season, grain is lost out of the back of the combine. An agricultural engineer based in Manitoba found many of the methods to manage harvest loss were not very safe or accurate. Bushel Plus Global Marketing Director Courtney Baxter says that led to the development of their SmartPan System. “It’s drop pan technology that actually drops remotely off the back of the combine to measure and manage grain loss,” said Baxter. “For us at Bushel Plus, that became step number one for how farmers were going to measure and manage profit during harvest time and ultimately get more efficiency out of their combine.” Traditionally, farmers will measure harvest losses with a shovel and a cookie sheet. The Bushel Plus technology offers a more accurate approach that can be handled conveniently through the smartphone.
