Buyer's Guide: Forage wagons

Increased costs and tractor power may bring the forage wagon back to the attention of livestock enterprises looking to cut and clamp their own grass, without utilising the services of a contractor and self-propelled chopper. Toby Whatley looks at the market options for 2023.

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Buyer's Guide: Forage wagons

Originally offered as an alternative to a trailed forage harvester, forage wagons fell out of favour with some businesses as larger, higher-capacity self-propelled precision chop foragers became widely...

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