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Stepping into chaff lining

Peter Newman, AHRI / Weedsmart Western region agronomist, is a firm advocate of harvest weed seed control (HWSC). In this practical publication Peter provides all the details you need to get started with this important tactic in the war against herbicide resistant weeds.

Chaff lining chute.

Use this guide to ensure you are:

1. Getting the weed seeds into the front of the harvester

2. Getting weed seeds out of the rotor

3. Keeping weed seeds in the chaff stream

4. Deliver weed seeds into the HWSC tool – chaff line chutes

Comparison of chaff lining and chaff tramlining

Download ‘Tools and Tips – Setting up for chaff lining’

WeedSmart Big 6 – including Harvest weed seed control

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