It's hard to say for certain. But I do think there are many smart people working for Deere who will eventually move it into production. They were definitely impressed witht he XBR2 back in the fall of 1994 when we demoed it to them. But they were also at least three years into the development of their STS program at that time, so they probably also felt somewhat compelled to buy the Bi-Rotor technology to keep it from competing against their STS machines. The rotating concave does a lot to improve centrifugal force since the crop has mat speed plus concave speed. Fc increases exponentially with V - velocity. Also provides 100% even wear, and both the rotor and concave pull material into the threshing area. JD is already using the overhead air intake principle on their 60 Series STS, so that part has been adopted by JD. The dual path grain elevator system also was a beautiful system, and eliminated a lot of moving parts, sprockets and reduced grain damage. It is hard to image that system not being adopted eventually. JD has not adopted the lateral distributor for side slopes, probably because they have already designed and invested in the side hill combine technology and would not want to draw away from sales of the $35,000 Sidehill option. The VPS Versatile Power System aspect where one power unit could be used to plant, spray and harvest is a pretty radical step forward. It would be well received by farmers, but not in the best interest of a major manufacturer who likes to sell a lot of engines, cabs, power trains, tires, transmissions, etc. On the otherhand, having the planter, spray boom and header all mounted up front, in the same relation to the cab, GPS antenna, and drive wheels would make auto guidance so much easier and repeatable. I think eventually most farm equipment will go this direction, but not until another outside manufacturer forces movement in this direction. Adopting the CHIS standard will help accomplish this by 2020.