Harvesting beans

Broad beans like most pulse crops are harvested with a conventional harvester at "Boonderoo" we use a John Deere 9770 STS header. This machine can be used for harvesting coarse grains (wheat, barley etc) and oilseeds (canola, monola etc).

Harvester set up will be different depending on what sort of pulse crop you are harvesting. However one important setup aspect to remember will be to ensure that the crop is not damaged during the harvesting process. As quite a few pulse crops are used for the human consumption market the visual appearance of the grain is very important.