The Farmers Guardian podcast: Driving a Claas combine for the first time and exploring machinery opportunities in ag

Do people really know what a combine harvester does? They will see one out in the fields almost every summer, but many will never have the opportunity to get up close to one of these mighty machines

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The Farmers Guardian podcast: Driving a Claas combine for the first time and exploring machinery opportunities in ag

The aim of this week's FG podcast is to highlight the disconnect between the general public and a machine such as the combine. They are vital in terms of food production; the technology and engineering is quite something, Yet most people beep their horns in rage at them when driving on roads.

Do consumers really know the process of field-to-fork and how the combine works? 

Many will not even consider what opportunities there in terms of careers - from designing the machine to driving it.

Farmers Guardian's online editor Emily Ashworth met up with the machinery team to discuss this and, take her first drive in a combine harvester. 

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