Case IH Collecting Cobs
When it comes to harvesting equipment for Case IH, Scott Acker is who you want to talk to. He’s their Director, Harvesting Marketing. I spoke with him at POET’s Project LIBERTY field day right after he answered a bunch of questions from farmers who were attending.
Sam says POET approached them with the idea of collecting cobs to make ethanol about a year ago. They discussed the business opportunities and concluded that this was a promising venture. He says they need to provide farmers with incentive and options to harvest both the grain and cobs so POET can make more ethanol. They’re working on it.
The harvesting options Case IH is working on include CCM and a cart behind the combine that collects the cobs separately from the grain. He says it’s best then to just pile the cobs for later pickup.
You can listen to my interview with Sam here: poet-liberty-08-acker.mp3
You can also download the interview with this link (mp3).
Project LIBERTY Field Day Photo Album
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Laramie Jordan
What does POET plan to do about the loss of soil health that will result when that organic matter is no longer allowed to decompose and return its nutrients back into the soil?
MD
One of the reason’s POET is going after cobs instead of other portions of stover is because the cob returns little to the soil.
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