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John Deere Stalk Rolls In Stock 2022
John Deere Stalk Rolls In Stock 2022 Ready to ShipJohn Deere offers three stalk roll options for 600 Series Corn heads and the word on the street in early 2022 shows limited to no supply available to ship. JD stalk roll options offer differing residue processing needs...
Double Cropping Advantages of the BT CHOPPER®
World record corn yield world champion, Dave Hula, knows a thing or two about managing corn residue after growing 600+ bushels per acre in 2019. Farmers across North America are relying on Calmer BT Chopper® Stalk Rolls to manage their cornstalks during harvest to lay...
Combine and corn head settings for down corn
Combine Adjustments for Downed Corn As if rain delays weren’t frustrating enough during harvest, a broad swath of Eastern Iowa experienced extremely powerful winds during the August 10, 2020, Derecho storm, which damaged crops and left a lot of valuable grain on the...
Illinois farmer reviews planting behind calmer corn head
Our shop foreman, Andy, is out planting his fields that were harvested with a Calmer-Built Corn Head equipped with BT Chopper® chopping stalk rolls in the fall. Listen along to the video as he describes his 'very basic' planter setup that is easy to use when planting...
Meet Andy: our Shop Foreman
Custom-Built Corn Heads with a Farmer's Touch Our custom corn heads are assembled just outside the Quad Cities in Alpha, Illinois, USA. We build corn heads to order using a combination of field-tested patented performance parts that enables these heads to chop...
Largest Corn Head Ever Produced
Operating at 40-foot wide, the Calmer 3215 Corn Head was produced for Frank Howey Farms in Monroe, North Carolina. With nearly 21,000 acres to farm where he grows corn, soybeans and and wheat, along with raising a small cattle herd, Howey farms needed a corn head that...