Direct Harvest of Dry Edible Beans: A Nebraska Perspective (EC309)

This publication will examine why some Nebraska dry bean growers are now starting to use direct harvest and why other growers are not, along with a detailed discussion of individual cropping practices that will lead to a successful direct harvest outcome. Direct harvest must be considered as a total cropping system, not just a change in combine header. The difference between a successful direct harvest crop and disappointment is almost always attention to, and proper execution of, details of the entire cropping system.