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Calibrate combine yield monitors to avoid harvest ‘junk’

Oct 1, 2020
Oct 1, 2020 Updated Oct 5, 2020

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Editor’s note: The following was written by Anthony Bly, South Dakota State University Extension soils field specialist, and David Karki for the SDSU Extension website Sept. 15.

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