• Corn Heads

• • Mais Star*

  • The Mais Star* concept
    
    Two counter-rotating snapping rolls, each fitted with four knife bars, aggressively pull the corn stalks downward in a controlled motion.
    
    This enables the deck plates to strip the corn cob off the plant. The unchopped corn straw remains in the field, protecting the soil from erosion.
    
    Work results
    - High ground speeds in all harvesting conditions
    - Extremely low power requirements
    - Minimizes stover destruction
    - Suitable for consecutive tillage operations
    
    Stubble scene
    - No corn stubble treatment

• • Mais Star* MS-SC

  • The Mais Star* MS-SC concept
    
    The Mais Star* MS-SC concept relies on the proven Mais Star* design: Two counter-rotating snapping rolls, each fitted with four knife bars, aggressively pull the corn stalks downward in a controlled motion.
    
    The integrated horizontal chopper requires a low amount of drive power to shred the gathered corn straw for faster rotting, virtually eliminating the need for mulching or follow-up chopping.
    
    The horizontal chopper is located in the rear section of the row unit and produces an uniformly short stubble even in varying row spacings or when the combine is driven at an angle to the plant rows. The system is suitable for all crops even when infested with weeds or grass, and handles mature, tough plants with ease.
    
    Work results
    
    - Excellent straw spreading quality
    - Perfect chopping quality at medium ground speeds
    - Optimum straw distribution, reducing Fusarium fungi and avoiding insect pest survival
    - Eliminates the need for stover post-processing to enable subsequent tillage operations
    
    Stubble scene
    - Short, uniform stubble

• • Mais Star* Horizon

  • The Mais Star* Horizon concept
    
    The Mais Star* Horizon concept relies on the proven design of the Mais Star* models: Two counter-rotating snapping rolls, each fitted with four knife bars, aggressively pull the corn stalks downward in a controlled motion.
    
    The integrated horizontal chopper requires a low amount of drive power to shred the gathered corn straw for faster rotting, virtually eliminating the need for mulching or follow-up chopping.
    
    The optimized position of the horizontal chopper ensures the Mais Star* Horizon models produce a uniformly short stubble even in varying row spacings or when the combine is driven at an angle to the plant rows. The system is suitable for all crops even when infested with weeds or grass, and handles mature, tough plants with ease.
    
    Work results
    - Excellent straw spreading quality
    - Perfect chopping quality at medium ground speeds
    - Optimum straw distribution, reducing Fusarium fungi and avoiding -insect pest survival
    - Eliminates the need for stover post-processing to enable subsequent tillage operations
    
    Stubble scene
    - Extremely short, uniform stubble

• • Mais Star* Collect

  • A hunter and a gatherer
    
    Each corn field has a potential for higher yields. Harvesting corn straw offers considerable benefits to any farmer pursuing a commercially successful business and looking to reduce their environmental impact. For the future there are some vital questions we need to answer: How can you increase your corn yields? How do you unlock the potential of your corn stover? Many times corn straw quality is high enough to enable an efficient way of re-using this valuable resource.
    
    Optimum results are achieved by harvesting the corn and dropping the straw in a windrow. The Mais Star* Collect offers significant advantages over traditional corn harvesting methods. Keep your equipment up to date by making your harvest more efficient and sustainable. Make the most of your field!
    
    Work results
    - Dual use of corn straw by dropping it in a windrow (see picture) or spreading it across the working width.
    - Excellent straw spreading quality
    - Perfect chopping quality at medium ground speeds
    
    Stubble scene
    - Extremely short, uniform stubble

• • Rota Disc®

  • The Rota Disc® concept
    
    Two snapping rolls pull in the stalks, with deck plates stripping
    off the cobs.
    
    
    The stover is chopped by the cutter rotor which is fitted with 15 rotary knives. The cutting and fraying action is even more efficient as the rotor revolves against the feeding direction.
    
    Work results
    
    - Excellent chopping quality even at high ground speeds
    - Uniform straw distribution, well-suited for subsequent tillage operations
    - Low power requirements for driving the row units
    - Eliminates the need for stover post-processing to enable subsequent tillage operations
    
    Stubble scene
    - Uniformly short stubble pattern
    - The stalk cutter separates the stalk from the root and splits the stubble.

• • Horizon Star* II

  • The Horizon Star* II concept
    
    Two stalk rollers with different-sized diameters seize the plant and pull it downward in a constant motion. At the same time, another rotor fitted with rotary knives cuts the plant up into uniformly short sections.
    
    This design ensures the plant is shredded during harvest, enabling faster rotting.
    
    The horizontal stalk cutter is located in the front, side area of each row unit.
    
    At full speed, this optimized location ensures the plant is cut close to the ground, resulting in a particularly short stubble that leaves no room for pest survival.
    
    Work results
    
    - Excellent straw spreading quality
    - Excellent chopping quality even at high ground speeds
    - Eliminates the need for stover post-processing to enable subsequent tillage operations
    
    Stubble scene
    - Extremely short, uniform corn stubble
    - Effective stalk splitting

• • Freedom

  • Row Unit
    The revolutionary and patented design of the new Independence line Freedom’s row unit offers gentle delivery of ears to the trough.
    
    Aggressive in Down Corn
    The Freedom Corn Head's angled gathering chains are an exclusive Geringhoff design. This angled twin-chain system optimizes crop feeding, maximizes yield retention and reduces crop loss and plugging—all benefits you’ll notice in even the highest yielding conditions.
    
    The Freedom Corn Head's new row unit design lets you harvest closer to the ground, and gets the gathering chains underneath down and tangled corn. This aggressive angled twin-gathering chain system provides aggressive feeding in down corn, with smooth crop flow and reduced plugging.
    
    Residue Management
    
    Stalk processing that is vertically sliced and evenly distributed for the most thorough harvest process available on the market, and the only corn head to offer stalk chopping in a 15-inch configuration.
    
    Harvest Efficiency
    
    The Freedom is the gateway to narrow rows. Its easy transition from 30” to 15” rows make this corn head a first-in-class innovation designed to increase yield regardless of configuration.

• Grain Tables

• • Harvest Star*

  • Harvest Star* - For maximum productivity
    
    The Harvest Star* grain table sets the benchmark for grain tables folding technology. Its sophisticated coupling system is the result of focused development and reflects the cutting-edge technology applied throughout the entire head. The reel, cutterbar, auger, and transmission shaft couplings are fully automatic and self-tightening. Even in extreme conditions, this system has proven to be extraordinarily strong, reliable and durable.
    
    Changing fields
    
    The Harvest Star* grain table features Geringhoff's advanced and proven folding system. Time-consuming changeovers in the heat of harvest are a thing of the past now and your combine's productivity is boosted enormously. Not only does the folding system save time by eliminating the need to hitch and unhitch a trailer, it also saves money as no trailer is needed in the first place.
    Folding in or out within minutes
    
    The precisely synchronized folding process is based on a sophisticated coupling system. Geringhoff's automatic coupling system for the reel, cutterbar, auger, and transmission shaft couplings has proven to be exceptionally strong, reliable, and durable.
    
    Changing between transport and harvest position takes no longer than 1 or 2 minutes.
    
    This means for five to six field changes per day you will need no more than 12 minutes of change-over time!

• • Vario Star®

  • Vario Star® - 500 mm table length adjustment under full control
    
    The hydraulic table extension system makes the Vario Star® grain table suitable for even the toughest harvesting conditions, offering maximum flexibility and notably reduced change-over times. From the cab, the operator may extend the table length by 500 mm within a continuously variable range from 575 mm to mm. This ensures constant adjustment to the relevant conditions without the need to awkwardly add or remove extension plates. Changing from grain to canola or soy beans will take no longer than 5 to 7 minutes.
    
    Quickly adjust to varying conditions
    
    A key requirement for optimum crop flow is a table position adjusted to the type and characteristics of the relevant canola or grain field.
    
    Ideally, adjustment should be possible on the go, at the touch of a button from the cab, eliminating the need to awkwardly add or remove extension plates.
    
    The Vario Star® table offers a stepless 500 mm adjustment range within a table position of 575 mm to mm.
    
    Easily convert your table for harvesting grain, canola, or soy beans in no time.

• • Harvest Star* Vario

  • Harvest Star* Vario - Ready to meet any challenge
    
    The Harvest Star* Vario table enables you to leverage all the advantages offered by the world's only folding grain table featuring a hydraulic table length adjustment. In ideal conditions it is always easy to achieve satisfactory performance, but in down crops or special crops everything is down to the technical levels of refinement in head oder table design. The harvesting specialists at Geringhoff are aware of these challenges and offer optimized solutions and innovations to make your harvest more successful.
    
    Changing fields
    
    The Harvest Star* grain head features Geringhoff's advanced and proven folding system. Time-consuming changeovers in the heat of harvest are a thing of the past now and your combine's productivity is boosted enormously. Not only does the folding system save time by eliminating the need to hitch and unhitch a trailer, it also saves money as no trailer is needed in the first place.
    Folding in or out within minutes
    
    The precisely synchronized folding process is based on a sophisticated coupling system. Geringhoff's automatic coupling system for the reel, cutterbar, auger, and transmission shaft couplings has proven to be exceptionally strong, reliable, and durable.
    
    Changing between transport and harvest position takes no longer than 1 or 2 minutes.
    
    This means for five to six field changes per day you will need no more than 12 minutes of change-over time!

• • TruFlex

  • Master of ground proximity
    
    The flexible cutterbar cuts the crop very close to the ground and is supported by a system of ground sensors that scan the surface across the entire width of the header. This system increases the header’s versatility and turns it into an allrounder that cuts a wide range of crops.
    
    The TruFlex Razor header has a three-section frame and a segmented reel for maximum flex even at working widths as wide as 35 or 40 feet. The floating wings respond readily and reliably as the header floats over ground contours. Combined with the flexible cutterbar, this system sheds new light on cutting crops close to the ground.
    
    Easy cutting for high profits
    
    The proven Schumacher cutting system with face-up/face-down section configuration ensures reliable and effective cuts, especially when harvesting wet or weed-infested crops. The sections and guards are easy to replace without removing the entire knife.
    
    The cutterbar is segmented and has a mechanical float system. This header rigorously mitigates any potential risks that may down your machine. Set the cutterbar to Rigid mode or Flex mode as necessary.
    
    Carefully developed design with numerous advantages
    
    The drapers ensure a smooth crop flow, helping to use the combine to its full potential and boosting its daily output and campaign efficiency.
    
    Unlike auger headers, draper headers eliminate any risk of misadjustment. So no crop is thrown forward. Combining becomes safer, gentler, and yet more effective.
    
    Accessories
    
    Upon delivery, your TruFlex draper head will be optimized for your grain, canola, or soybean harvest. As an option you may specify additional equipment to configure your draper head to your individual needs.
    
    - Canola kit including a set of vertical knives and a canola auger
    - Header height control system for grain |
    - Header height control system for soybean

• Sunflower Heads

• • SunLite*

  • SunLite* - The row independent sunflower harvesting head
    
    Harvesting is a challenging business during a season that leaves no room for that leaves no room for downtime or losses. Anyone striving to achieve commercial success in their farm operations depends on 100% reliable equipment - all day, every day.
    Lightweight head for all conditions
    
    Listening to your needs in terms of technology and productivity, our harvesting specialists develop intelligent solutions that make your life easier and increase your productivity.
    
    The SunLite* variable-row sunflower head is reliable technology offering those high levels of quality that customers expect from Geringhoff.
    Benefit from the unique advantages offered by a Geringhoff head and stemming more than 135 years of experience in harvesting.

• • SunLite* Horizon

  • SunLite* - Harvesting with tomorrow in mind
    
    Combine the strengths of a SunLite* sunflower head with a powerful horizontal chopper and you'll discover the SunLite* Horizon concept.
    For efficient, sustainable harvesting
    
    The optimized position of the horizontal chopper ensures the SunLite* Horizon models produce a uniformly short stubble even in varying row spacings or when the combine is driven at an angle to the plant rows.
    
    The system is suitable for all crops even when infested with weeds or grass, and handles mature, tough plants with ease. What's in it for you: faster rotting means no additional mulching or chopping is required. Pests have no chance of survival.

• • Sun Star*

  • Sun Star* - For maximum performance
    
    High levels of productivity and maximum performance are key requirements for a commercially successful harvest. The Sun Star* range is Geringhoff's answer to this challenge, representing the benchmark in the harvest of sunflower seeds.
    
    The Sun Star* concept
    
    The Sun Star* and Sun Star* Horizon models use an active row unit for each row. The row-unit assembly comes complete with gathering chains and self-sharpening, rotary knives. All Geringhoff Sun Star* sunflower heads are low-maintenance, durable machines, courtesy of a total cutting area length of 1,535 mm per row unit.
    
    The high acreages achieved by the heads are also boosted by Geringhoff's own gearbox drive. As the system works without any chains or belts it reduces the likelihood of breakdowns while providing better reversibility and considerably enhancing reliability.

• • Sun Star* Horizon

  • Sun Star* - For maximum performance
    
    High levels of productivity and maximum performance are key requirements for a commercially successful harvest. The Sun Star* range is Geringhoff's answer to this challenge, representing the benchmark in the harvest of sunflower seeds.
    The Sun Star* Horizon concept
    
    The Sun Star* and Sun Star* Horizon models use an active row unit for each row. The row-unit assembly comes complete with gathering chains and self-sharpening, rotary knives. All Geringhoff Sun Star* sunflower heads are low-maintenance, durable machines, courtesy of a total cutting area length of 1,535 mm per row unit. The horizontal chopper is used to crush the corn stover.
    
    The high acreages achieved by the heads are also boosted by Geringhoff's own gearbox drive. As the system works without any chains or belts it reduces the likelihood of breakdowns while providing better reversibility and considerably reliability substantially.
    
    Intelligent design for fewer losses
    
    The guide panels located high up on the two outer hoods help tilt the sunflower heads toward the inside of the head.
    
    Optimized shape for optimized crop flow
    
    The purpose-designed hood shape ensures any shatter losses are caught and fed to the combine. Vertical gathering chains ensure an even crop flow to the threshing system.
    
    Floating over the ground
    
    - The divider tips are hinged at the head bottom to support down crops.
    - Intelligent design
    - Ideal crop flow
    - Excellent flotation system
    - Sound basic concept
    
    No matter which model you opt for, Geringhoff's standard specification is a solid basis for excellent harvest results. Accept no compromise when you can have it all!
    You have the choice of colors
    
    Customize your Geringhoff sunflower head to your preference. Make your choice and select one of the colors shown below. Match your head to your combine's livery or simply choose your personal favorite.
    
    Quick field changes for higher levels of performance
    
    The Sun Star* range offers Geringhoff's highly advanced and proven folding system. Eliminating time-consuming changeovers will significantly increase your combine's productivity. Not only does the folding system save time by eliminating the need to hitch and unhitch a trailer, it also saves money as no trailer is needed in the first place.

• Special Machinery

• Innovative solutions for individual customer requirements
  
  Flexibility is among the vital aspects of our philosophy as it is the only way to satisfy each and every of our customers in any country of the world. Being flexible also means working together with you to customize the head precisely to your individual requirements.
  
  From particular soil conditions to irrigation experiments, variety trials, or changing row spacings - each day our designers develop innovative solutions that meet a great variety of demands and challenges.

• Spare Parts

• Geringhoff spare parts service - always there for you
  
  At Geringhoff, you can order your spare parts 24/7! Use our convenient online parts order form or contact us directly. Our customer service team will take care of it all. Normally your spare parts will be dispatched from our central parts warehouse in Germany within a single workday to ensure rapid and reliable delivery to your door.
  
  Benefit from the advantages offered by our smooth logistics process. For more information please read our Spare Parts Information for Specialized Dealers and Costumers.

• Service

• Personal costumer service goes beyond technical support
  Geringhoff has been a part of the farm equipment industry since . To this day the company has been run as a family business. Over time, we have worked with many different farmers worldwide who have, along with the passionate commitment of our engineers, helped us develop solutions for any harvesting situation. The high level of experience Geringhoff has gathered in all these years has been passed on from generation to generation and today we employ this knowledge to benefit our customers.
  
  Our service department strives to offer each customer personal advice and individual support which goes beyond the technical aspects of our industry. Many of our customer relationships have been lasting for two or even three generations now. This is the pinnacle of customer service to cater for their needs and challenges.

If you have a combine with 12V and a clean grain elevator, you can begin yield mapping with FarmTRX. The system includes all software and hardware components necessary to bring precision yield monitoring to any farmer simply and affordably.

You can find more information on our web, so please take a look.

To get the most out of harvesting with FarmTRX we suggest following our 10 Step Checklist. Completing the steps ensures you’ll be getting accurate live readings in the cab during harvest, but remember if you miss or make errors in your in-field calibration, you can still get corrected, accurate maps. Post-harvest calibration tools in the web app allow you to fix errors like wrong header width, wrong crop type, or a missing calibration after the fact. Ensure there is power to the Yield Monitor and go confidently!

If you’re new to farming with FarmTRX, here are 10 steps to get the yield monitor harvest-ready:

1. Register your FarmTRX Web App account
2. Draw or import field boundaries
3. Download the FarmTRX Mobile App
4. Add headers and crop types to the mobile app
5. Verify installation
6. Connect to the yield monitor via Bluetooth®
7. Perform a sensor calibration in the yard
8. Set header and crop type and begin harvesting
9. Perform a crop calibration in the field once per crop type per year
10. Enter your Web App credentials to sync data to the Web App (whenever you like!)

1) Register your FarmTRX Web App account

Create your FarmTRX Web App account by visiting web.farmtrx.app. This is a good step to complete while you’re waiting to receive your FarmTRX shipment!

Begin the account setup process. Enter account details such as contact information and your preferred units of measurement. Select the combine models, headers and crop types you will be using at harvest. If you want to add custom crop types, you can! Follow these instructions to do so.

2) Draw or import field boundaries

The FarmTRX Web App is the destination where your yield data will be synced, sorted into field boundaries and processed into a variety of yield map outputs.  Whenever you decide to upload your yield data, whether daily, weekly or all at once at the end of harvest, the data will need a place to land – this is your field boundaries! Synced yield data will not be visible until the corresponding boundary is present in the Web App.

Create field boundaries by pressing the plus icon in the left side bar of the Web App. Add a field name and draw the boundary using the available tools. If you already have field boundaries, import them to the Web App as .shp files by clicking on the Fields tab. Boundaries can be customized at any time and we suggest reviewing them yearly to ensure they are as accurate as possible and no harvested area is being missed.

3) Download the FarmTRX Mobile App

Through the FarmTRX mobile app farmers connect to the yield monitor via Bluetooth® and perform sensor and crop calibrations. The crop calibration is an important step to get accurate live and average yield and moisture readings in the cab during harvest.

The mobile app should be updated on the Apple App or Google Play store before harvest to make sure the latest version is in use. Updates to the firmware of the Yield Monitor and Moisture Sensor happen over-the-air, meaning no additional update costs.

4) Add headers and crop types in the mobile app

Add the headers and crop types you will be using at harvest under the “Add/Edit Headers” and “Add/Edit Crops” pages. If custom crop types were created in the Web App, they’ll have to be created in the mobile app as well.

 5) Verify installation

The Yield Monitor is a single package solution, arriving with all components required to start yield mapping. Patent-pending QuickConnect installation method allows for a quick and easy install of the sensors, completed by the farmer.

Before harvesting, double check your installation. Make sure all wiring and harnesses are away from belts or moving parts of the combine, and that the sensors are securely in place. Test that the sensors are aligned and powered by following these steps.

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6) Connect to the Yield Monitor via Bluetooth®

Make sure Bluetooth® settings are enabled on your mobile device in order to connect. If prompted to complete a firmware update, do so.

Navigate to the “Connections” page of the mobile app to find your Yield Monitor.

7) Perform a sensor calibration

To calibrate the optical sensors, engage your separator clutch and run the combine at full throttle while stationary, with no grain running through the elevator. Navigate to the “Device Calibration” page on the FarmTRX Mobile App to run a sensor calibration. Hit the “Start” button once the elevator is running at full throttle. The Yield Monitor will record the elevator and determine the width of the empty paddles.

8)Set header and crop type and begin harvesting

Default values will be used for all fields if not specified by the user. So if you want to see accurate data in the cab while harvesting, set the crop type and header before. If you forget, you can add it after the fact in the Web App and your maps will be reprocessed using the correct values.

9) Perform a crop calibration in the field once per crop type per year

To get accurate readings in the cab, calibrate in the field by volume, by weight or by a combination of both. We recommend calibrating once per crop type per year.

To do a calibration run, visit the “Crop Calibration” page of the mobile app. Select the crop type for the calibration and make sure you are ready to harvest a representative part of the field, not weedy or drowned out. After the known amount has been harvested, enter the measured weight and/or volume along with measured moisture if using the FarmTRX Moisture Sensor.  The calibration will be applied to the previously harvested acres. If you could not complete a crop calibration before harvesting, you can calibrate within the Web App after the fact.

9) Enter your web credentials to upload your yield data (whenever you like!)

To get yield data processed into maps and ready to view and export, you will sync the yield data from the mobile app to the Web App over WiFi or using cellular data. Navigate to the “Cloud Sync” page of the mobile app to do so.

As a new customer, you have one year of full access to automated yield mapping, integrations and post-harvest calibration tools for free. This allows you to test out the yield mapping service and features available in the Web App. After the first year is up, you can choose to renew full features of the web app by paying a yearly fee based on the number of acres in the account. The cost ranges from 50 cents an acre down to 10 cents an acre, the more acres in the account.

If you’re just getting started with FarmTRX, we suggest uploading yield data once per harvest day to familiarize yourself with the yield map outputs and double-check that calibration is accurate.  If you would rather upload less frequently in bigger data chunks, you can do that too!

We hope this checklist helps you get prepared for harvesting with FarmTRX! Don’t hesitate to contact our team if you require more assistance.

Happy harvesting!

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