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Fig. 5.39
(
a
)Combineharvesterconiguredtoharvestcornstoverinasinglepassusinga
precision-cut stover processor. (
b
)Combineharvesterconiguredtoharveststoverintwopassesby
forming stover windrows during grain harvest. Adapted from [
36
]
5.4.4.4
Orchard Residue
Orchard residue collection consists of pruning the trees and then harvesting the
pruned branches. Figure
5.40a
shows the pruned branches being harvested using a
machine consisting of a pickup head and chipper. The current orchard residue col-
lection requires two passes, one to prune the orchard trees and the second to wind-
row the pruned branches and chip them. A single-pass harvester (speedy cut,
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