For an organic crop, where you do not have the luxary of using glyphosate to ripen the grain and kill / dry the weeds, a swather and windrow pickup makes good sense. I do not know what the conditions in your area may be, but in my area of central ND, windrowing grain to dry the grain and weeds is a good common practice for unusual weed conditions or grain harvested for seed.(grain seeds sprayed with glyphosate when a little too green, may have poor germination and vigor.) You cut the grain as high as possible to limit the amount of material that has to go through the combine, and allows a stiff mat of plant stems to support the windrow off the ground for good air circulation for initial and after a rain dry down. If you cut too high, the long stubble will kink over from the weight of the windrow and allow the heavy windrow to lay on the ground. If you cut too low, the stubble is not tall enough to support the windrow off the ground and the combine has to process excess straw.
BTW, that model swather was a good one if parts are still avalible.
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