Every season, your cotton picker machines work hard to serve a purpose out in the fields. Without these machines, cotton farmers would still be picking cotton by hand and lugging the crop back to the barn in large containers. So it makes sense that you’d want to practice regular maintenance on equipment before and after
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Four Non-Toxic Ways to Remove Rust from Cotton Picker Parts
Rust is one of those things that forms when metal is left exposed to the elements for a prolonged period of time, particularly moisture like rain, snow and dew. You’ll notice that a moist metal surface will oxidize before corrosion shows itself as discolored and peeling, flaky patches—this is rust. Or course, the best way
READ MORE5 Field Hazards That Can Ruin Cotton Harvester Parts
Harvesting cotton comes with its own wide array of challenges—like dealing with machine failures and mold growth on crops—and all we can do is make sure we are as prepared as possible for any scenario. Though there isn’t much we can do to stop freak equipment failures or natural weather events, what we can do
READ MORESix Industries That Cannot Operate Without Cotton
Cotton growers must maintain not only their crop fields, but their machines’ cotton picker parts as well. How else would cotton get harvested fast these days? Once picked, the cotton gets stored or packed and shipped, and sent on a journey to its final destination. When we think about cotton, the first thing that generally
READ MORE5 Stages of the Cotton Plant: From Bloom to Harvest
The cotton plant is one of the most intriguing and interesting agricultural staples out there for a number of reasons. Not only is the cotton plant flower beautiful to observe for nearly its entire maturation cycle, it’s also interesting in how it develops from bloom to the final open boll. But when does cotton bloom,
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