Because of the nature of the soybean crop, one should make use of a flexible, floating cutter bar with an automatic header height control mechanism. This mechanism helps keep the header level and low to the ground while harvesting. One of the important John Deere 9600 soybean settings is the speed of the combine. Wherever the risk of loss is great, slow the speed to 0.5-1.0 mph. For dry and short soybeans, keep the cutter bar as low as possible. The chances of finding a plant population with the pods close to the ground are high.

Begin with Recommended Settings

Maintain small clearance John Deere 9600 soybean settings between the cutter bar, feed conveyor chain, auger, and reel will ensure the proper feeding of the stems into the feeder house through the platform for shorter soybeans. Check the knives, wear plates, and ledger plates and keep spares in stock. Make sure the sickle is sharp because dull sickles push the stem over without cutting them. Adjust header and guards properly by consulting the instructions outlined in the operator’s manual.

Settings for the Concave

You will, in most cases, use a concave type with a large wire and a round bar. It uses serrated feed accelerator wear strips. These are the recommended John Deere 9600 soybean settings are:

1. Keep the drum position of the feeder house DOWN.

2. Set the accelerator speed of the feed to HIGH.

3. Make the clearance of the concave to 15-25.

4. Do not use any covers for the separator grate.

5. Set the settings of the chaffer between 14-18 mm.

6. Use a 26 tooth feeder house conveyor chain setting.

7. Let the threshing speed remain at 450-650 rpm.

8. Use fan speed between 800-950 rpm.

9. The sieve settings are between 6-9 mm.

These are recommendations only so you can vary them according to field conditions. Keeping an eye on the soybean condition, adjust the reel speed. The rule of thumb is to set the reel speed 25% more than your ground speed.

Using Proper Settings

Soybean harvest time is important to the farmer. He has to pay attention to the John Deere 9600 soybean settings and find the best one to reduce harvest losses. The difficulty with the short soybeans is it is difficult to feed into the header because they form pods low on the ground. If you lose 4 soybean seeds in one square foot, the total loss in one acre will be 1 bushel. The acceptable harvest loss is 3% or lesser and this equals 1-2 bushels per acre. If the changes you make in the combine are not proper, the error will become more than 10%. Of this, 80% occurs in the header.

Make a Note of Losses

Check behind the combine to get the total harvest loss. Harvest loss occurs in three regions:

1. Pre-harvest soybeans

2. Combine

3. Header

We get the combine loss if we deduct the pre-harvest loss from the total harvest loss. After we have determined the loss due to these factors, we come to know what adjustments to the John Deere 9600 soybean settings will help us reduce the loss.

Go through the owner’s manual and consult the local dealer to get their recommendation for each crop. Maintain efficient material feed in the feeder house.