September 28, 2022
Kverneland on-land Ecomat at Tillage
Developed as an option for minimum disturbance seedbed preparation, Kverneland previewed its Ecomat on-land shallow plough at Tillage-Live 2022 yesterday, ahead of its launch in 2023.
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Steven Vale
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September 27, 2022
Report: Straw walker combines for 2023
With the exception of Case IH, which remains focused on its long-proven Axial-Flow rotary threshing and separation technology, all combine manufacturers continue to produce walker-separation machines. This method of separating residual grain from the straw…
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September 27, 2022
AgriBale contracting: a LOT of bales
With a 14-strong fleet of Massey Ferguson 2200 series large square balers, Peterborough-based AgriBale packages around 70,000t of straw a year. We caught up with the team in the last fields of the season.
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September 27, 2022
Report: John Deere X91100 user review
The pair of X9 combines operated by Scott Melton, farm manager for Caley Farms in Norfolk, are now in their third harvest due to the farm having initially run a pre-production machine in 2020. So…
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September 27, 2022
Report: Whatever happened to the MDW ‘Harvest Master?
With the fall of the Berlin Wall, former East German harvesting specialist Fortschritt became MDW, and developed combines with more style, quality and technology. Introduced back in 1991, the Erntemeister (Harvest Master) 527 and smaller…
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September 27, 2022
Report: Claas Lexion 8900TT user review
When the Claas Lexion 8900 was announced in 2019 it became the German manufacturer’s flagship model and the most powerful Lexion with the highest output to date. We visit one now in its third season…
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September 27, 2022
Report: L & D Flowers
Lincolnshire grower L&D Flowers is developing solutions to mechanise harvesting and packing of cut flower crops to boost efficiency and profits. Sunflowers have become an increasingly popular cut flower in recent years, but along with…
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September 27, 2022
Report: Bog and marshland management
There is no ready-made solution yet,” is the current reply when German farmers ask as to what crops they can plant and grow to best effect on the country's rewetted marshland areas. And possibly even…
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September 27, 2022
Tuning: John Deere 8000 and 9000 series foragers
In this issue we have already looked at buying a second-hand 8000 series Deere forager. Here we speak to some end-users to glean some performance-enhancing tips. With a hectic maize and grass workload, the team…
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September 27, 2022
OnField driver’s cab 4.0: Future workplace
At the Karlsruhe Research Institute of Technology (KIT), we had the opportunity to grab a sneak preview of a future cab on an agricultural machine.
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September 28, 2022
Combining on hills: Slope solutionsx
At what point should you invest in a combine with a levelling system? And which system is preferable? Prof. Dr. Thomas Rademacher, from Germany’s Bingen University of Applied Sciences, has been examining this topic.
