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A new combine harvester that costs eighty percent less to build and can harvest wheat, rice and other
grains could change the economics of grain farming on a global scale. The new “Simple Harvester” was
built at an off-grid, renewable energy development center in Virginia called Living Energy Farm. It
promises to make grain farming economical for small farmers who cannot afford large-scale, industrial
harvesting equipment.
People everywhere rely on grain for food. Modern grain harvesting equipment is expensive and complex.
Grain harvesting technology has evolved from one machine to the next. The term “combine” is derived
from the fact that modern machines ‘combine’ many machines that were historically separate. Each new
innovation was added to old technologies, and combine harvesters grew very complex with dozens of
moving parts. The Simple Harvester overcomes that legacy and harvests grain effectively with only a few
moving parts. As the name implies, the Simple Harvester is dramatically simpler than any other combine
harvester ever manufactured. The Simple Harvester is much cheaper to build, easier to maintain, easier to
operate, and can harvest a wide variety of grains under a wide variety of conditions
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.
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Burl Smith wrote:From
https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/category/living-energy-farm/
Looks like it could handle Sepp Holzer Rye.
Unfortunately, we did not do adequate research on the new variety, and now we have a wheat crop that is four to six feet tall. Modern commercial wheat is mostly about 18 inches tall, which is much easier to harvest. This tall stuff at LEF has forced us to modify the intake on our prototype combine. I suppose the silver lining is that we now have a machine that can harvest grain of most any height. "
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.
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