Gleaner G Drone Vid

I have never lived anywhere where oats were grown or where any crops were swathed before combining. Always neat to see different practices.

Although there were very few combines in our area, a lot of the grain combines, from when I was younger, used pickup heads, like the one in the video. The grain was cut with a swather and allowed to dry in the windrow, then combined. I rarely see that now.

I can remember Dad saying the oats would heat (and mold) if they didn't dry in the windrows. I'm assuming grains have to be thoroughly dry before combining with a direct cut head?