Drago GT+ corn head targets yield capture, durability and harvest efficiency
Dragotec USA, based in Fenton, Iowa, and the exclusive North American distributor of Drago corn heads, announced the launch Oct. 29 of the Drago GT+, a corn head designed to help growers capture more yield, operate in tougher field conditions and extend the service life of their corn heads.
Manufactured by Olimac in Margarita, Italy, the GT+ replaces the field-proven Drago GT beginning with the 2027 model year. Orders opened Oct. 29 for delivery ahead of the 2027 harvest.
“With the launch of the Drago GT+ corn head, we are raising the bar on yield capture, durability and harvest efficiency,” said Dustin Bollig, Dragotec vice president of sales and marketing. “It’s for growers who want a corn head built for today’s more intensive harvests.”
Designed for today’s agriculture
Corn production keeps changing, Bollig said, with higher plant populations, more trash moving through the head, faster dry-down hybrids and occasional down-corn fields all placing greater demands on corn heads. As combines and heads get bigger, growers want to run faster through drier stalks and heavier trash, and the GT+ was designed around that need.
Features of the GT+ include redesigned poly with a smoother, curved profile that slopes toward the auger for better material flow, a rear pan shape and kernel barrier that keep more grain moving to the auger, and ear sweeps that reduce material drag under the head. The cross auger is designed with deeper flighting and a reduced center-tube diameter for added capacity. Short down-corn augers are standard equipment, helping the head bring in leaning stalks and limit hanging-ear loss.
“The new Drago GT+ offers more industry firsts and advances than any other corn head, while retaining the key features that have served GT operators so well,” Bollig said.
Those carryover and upgraded features include Drago’s Automatic Self-Adjusting Deck Plates, now faster responding and requiring less maintenance; a more responsive QuadSuspension system to reduce butt shelling and ear bounce; the Endura Drive™ chainless, gear-driven system with improved driveline protection; long knife rollers; and a low head profile, at 17 to 23 degrees. The GT+ is available in rigid and folding models with four to 24 rows and 20- to 40-inch row spacing, with custom sizes available.
Built on more than 70 years of corn head innovation
Olimac has designed and built corn heads in Margarita, Italy, for more than 70 years. It introduced what the company describes as the world’s first “integral head” — able to both pick and shell corn — and hydraulic deck plates. Then, in the 1990s, it introduced Automatic Self-Adjusting Deck Plates. Today, the company continues to focus on improved corn harvest at its family-owned, automated plant, which spans nearly 22 acres.
“Olimac continues to set the industry standard for corn head design, development and durability that others are striving to keep up with,” Bollig said.
Dragotec backs every Drago head with a sales, service and parts network built to keep growers running during harvest. Every GT+ carries a two-year parts and labor warranty, and Dragotec says it guarantees growers will receive the parts they need during harvest, including the cost of a part and shipping if the part must come from Italy.
North American corn growers who place orders for the Drago GT+ by Dec. 31 will receive the company’s best available discounts on Drago corn heads for the ordering period.
For more information, see a dealer or visit dragotec.com/GTplus.
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