Full explanation
Header types: (1) auger header — standard on smaller combines; (2) draper header (MacDon, Claas V, JD 700FD/RD) — even crop feeding into the thresher, recommended for rapeseed, sunflower, soybean; (3) specialty draper for rapeseed; (4) corn head with roller snappers (JD 700C, Geringhoff Rota Disc, Olimac Drago); (5) sunflower head with plate pickers or rotary. Throughput: wheat at 6 t/ha and 7.5 km/h — 9 m head = 6.75 ha/hr, 12 m = 9 ha/hr, 15 m = 11.25 ha/hr. Selection logic: header must match combine class. Most popular headers in Ukraine: Claas Maxflow (9, 10.5 m), JD 625D (7.5 m), MacDon D1X/FD1 (12 m), JD 708C/712C (corn), Ziegler TM, Claas Sunspeed (sunflower). Trend: draper heads 12 m+ are rapidly displacing augers in large farms.