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MANEA MATTERS
MANEA MATTERS
move is necessary, but we do try and time
this for when the roads are quieter so as
not to interfere with the normal movement
of public traffic.
The combine has the usual daily and weekly
machinery checks (as does all equipment)
and is cleaned down daily during the
period of use as small bits of straw get
into the machinery parts and harvesting
also makes it very dusty. Combines are
extremely susceptible to fire risk, especially
with the elevated temperatures we have
experienced this year.

This stubble protects the land and is
mulched into the soil at a later stage

The wheat is cut to leave 8 to 12 inches of
stubble in the ground. This stubble protects
the land and is mulched into the soil at a
later stage. The straw and grain travel
through the header with the straw and bits
being dropped back onto the land behind
the machine and the grain being collected
in a holding tank at the top of the combine.
When the tank is full, the grain in funnelled
into a tractor-pulled trailer which then
transports the grain to the stores to await
collection by the grain merchant.
The straw that has been thrown out behind
the combine is baled and either sold on or
used on the farm to assist with our wildlife
and conservation projects.
Following harvest, the combine is given its
final clean down for the year and is put back
into storage until harvest next July/August.

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