Due to the nature of grass seed, harvesting this lightweight crop has historically been challenging. Rotary combines with standard concaves struggled to separate and clean the seed, alongside common issues with hairpinning and plugging.
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Kondex representatives recently returned to Australia to gain first-hand validation of its concave success down under. Kondex and its distributor, Harvestaire, visited nearly a dozen different farmers throughout Western Australia, many of whom have used Kondex concaves for multiple seasons.
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For the fifth consecutive year, Kondex donated a full set of its KX7 concaves to the Wisconsin FFA Alumni Association’s annual online auction. This year’s highest bid came from Ryan Grohmann of New Athens, Illinois.
Zeroing and leveling your concaves is an important pre-harvest step to ensure you get the best results from your new Kondex concaves.
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Spring planting is upon us, and whether you’ve considered it or not, your fall harvest last year has an impact on several planting performance factors.
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Our KX7 concave product offering now includes 22" rotor New Holland CR combines.
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Kondex adds Stalk Claw corn head chopping knives to its aftermarket product offering.
Harvesting high-moisture corn can be challenging to balance the right amount of threshing on soft, easily damaged kernels. This KX7 concave configuration delivers big results!
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Kondex has added Straw Claw blades compatible with New Holland CR and CX Series combines to its straw chopper product family.
Kondex has released a new KX7 concave box insert option – the small hole MaxThresh box that is 50% more closed off than the standard MaxThresh box.
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From record yields to intense drought, 2021 brought a wide spread of harvest conditions. Learn how KX7 concaves can maximize your harvest.
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Kondex is expanding its Straw Claw chopper blade product line to include knives compatible with New Holland CR and CX Series combines.
A look back at 2021 U.S. harvest conditions and how KX7 high-performance concaves can lead to a more successful harvest next year
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The level of consistency from your straw chopper blades has a big impact on your residue management, as well as your blade maintenance. Straw Claw® chopper blades offer consistency on multiple levels to make life easier in the field and in the shop.
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Get a sneak peek at Kondex KX7 concaves and Straw Claw chopper blades at these upcoming farm tradeshows!
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With crop prices up to 5-year highs, reducing rotor loss with KX7 concaves results in significant savings for harvesters.
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Kondex Corporation's new online store, kondexparts.com, features its Drill Defender horizontal directional drilling (HDD) product line.
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Stetzel Farms, Inc. in Roanoke, Indiana was the winning bidder of the Kondex KX7 concaves donated to the Wisconsin FFA Alumni Association's online auction. Hear from Noah Stetzel about his operation and how he came to win this bid.
KX7 concaves are delivering a radical improvement over traditional concaves. With its different look and design, we're reviewing how to best configure the concaves to different crops.
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Kondex receives industry award for innovation.
With harvest finished for many and near completion for others, farmers are beginning to inspect their combines to ensure they are ready for next year. Whether you bring your machine to a dealer or do your own inspections, it’s important to evaluate your harvest performance in addition to grading the remaining life of your harvest components. If your harvest could have been better this year, it’s time to evaluate how to best capture improved results for the season ahead
We’ve all heard the adage, “If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” As farmers ourselves, this saying comes to mind whenever someone shares their experience with all-crop concaves.
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While this time of year may be merry and bright, the rest of the year was certainly a challenge for most U.S. farmers.
2019 was a whirl of mixed weather. It started under water, got incredibly hot, and we’re now finally feeling comfortable outside again… at least for the time being.
With many farmers still trying to plant and some beginning harvest, the persistent rainfall across much of the U.S. has poised 2019 to be a year with challenging harvest conditions.
At first glance, you can see that KX7 concaves are different. Their size and design are unique, but these are just the beginning in what sets KX7 apart and contributes to its incredible performance. Let's dig deeper into what KX7 has to offer.
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It seems there’s a day of the year for everything, and when we came across Knife Day (formally celebrated August 24th), we couldn’t resist chiming in on the excitement.
Farmers are known to be early risers, but when it comes to harvesting corn or soybeans, even the early birds have traditionally had a limiting factor on getting in their fields.
How often have you looked at your combine's concaves after (or mid) harvesting and saw that they were plugged - much like the top view in the image?
We are often asked about what settings to use with our KX7 concaves, and we always recommend starting with what’s outlined in your combine’s owner’s manual.
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Kondex continues to drive innovation to the agriculture industry and will soon receive its fourth AE50 Award — this time for its Straw Claw™ Chopper Blades.
