Grassland and forage equipment

Designed to eliminate uncut strips of grass when turning, Irish firm Keltec has added a steerable front mounted mower conditioner to its range.

Extending its forage wagon line-up, Strautmann, distributed in the UK by Opico, has added a new 02 Series version of its popular Giga Vitesse forage wagon. To find out more, Farmers Guardian put the new machine to work.

In 2019, Claas announced a host of improvements to the Jaguar 970 self-propelled forage harvester, with new cab controls and a new six-cylinder engine, usurping the previous models V8. Simon Henley spoke to the firm involved in testing the preproduction model and who is now running two of the new six-pot Jags.

The flexibility to make multiple cuts and boost forage quality has pointed one Dumfries farmer towards the use of a forage wagon. Jane Carley reports.

To keep on top of its silage workload, one Somerset contractor opted for New Hollands latest flagship forager, the 911hp FR920. Two seasons in, has it lived up to expectations? Geoff Ashcroft finds out.

A front-mounted rake has improved operational efficiency for one Yorkshire grower, who now rows-up and bales silage as a one-pass operation. Geoff Ashcroft reports.

With more customers requesting a one pass baling and wrapping operation, one Cheshire contracting company took the plunge on Kuhns FBP3135 combi-baler. Alex Heath finds out how it has been performing.

For straw and forage producer Graham Lawman, keeping ahead of hungry balers while maintaining forage quality is a priority, leading him to the purchase of a rake with a novel skid-type undercarriage. Alex Heath finds out more.

For one Scottish farmer, the logistics of collecting and hauling round bales has become a streamlined affair, thanks to a Canadian round bale chaser.

Fitted with several features designed to speed up the wrapping process, we try out Vicons latest version of its trailed round bale wrapper, the BW2600. James Rickard reports.