After harvest, many tonnes of good soybeans remain in the field. These bushels represent a loss of profits. Harvesting losses cannot be reduced to zero. Harvesting Ontario's soybean crop.
Some crop losses are due to lodging, shattering, and other factors.
These losses will increase as the season progresses, but are outside the control of the operator at harvest time. When the crop is dry, a small blow can cause beans to fall from the pod. If reel speed is too high, many beans may be shelled in front of the combine. Those that fall ahead of the table are lost. Shatter loss will increase with crop dryness, faster reel speed, and reel position too far ahead.