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Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of forage harvesters.
December 10, 2024
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Krone has launched a new wholecrop direct-cut header — not only is it wider, but it also has integrated transport running gear. We had the opportunity to get an early first look.
December 1, 2024
PRACTICAL TEST: In Italy we were able to make up for what we were unable to do in our practical test last season. Near Verona, the Fendt self-propelled showed off its strong throughput and impeccable…
October 1, 2024
REPORT: We’ve been to Rieste, the German home of Grimme self-propelled potato and sugar beet harvesters, to see how they are made and discuss future plans for the plant.
October 1, 2024
PRACTICAL TEST: Last season’s woeful conditions for maize harvest certainly proved a challenge for our test Fendt forager … as, to be fair, they would have done for any harvester. Apart from a few minor…
October 1, 2024
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Strautmann is looking to meet the needs of farms wanting a shorter chop length from a forage wagon. The new Magnon 11 has an 84-knife chopping unit with just 22mm between the blades.…
October 1, 2024
TECHNICAL: The new high-voltage desiccator, from innovative young German company Crop.Zone, combines electric current with a conductive solution to increase the efficiency of electrical desiccation. We discover how it works.
September 1, 2024
REPORT: The last time we caught up with Hoof Trimming’s Steve Jones, he had just spent one million pounds on kit to kick-start a new contracting business. Ten years on, we caught up with the…
September 1, 2024
PRACTICAL TEST: A jack of all trades. That is Krone’s promise for its GX trailer with its belt-based moving floor. We used it to shift all sorts of farming materials in our practical test.
September 1, 2024
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Straying away from its usual parts business, Spaldings has been selling the TMC Cancela for several years now. We caught up with one of the heavy-duty machines from the Spanish maker, the TFT225…
August 1, 2024
PRACTICAL TEST: Has Pöttinger managed to answer the demands of farmers wanting a short-chop forage wagon? We see if the extra knives in the Jumbo 8000 provide the answer.
August 1, 2024
TECHNICAL: When we were field testing the Pöttinger forage wagon in first cut, we also had the opportunity to compare the throughputs and chop quality of other harvesting systems.
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