Grassland and forage equipment

Famous for its range of high-powered, self-propelled forage harvesters, Krone is on a mission to emphasise that it takes more than just shear brute force and ignorance to chop grass well.

Wiltshire native Ollie Kinch was one of the first UK contractors to purchase a Fendt Katana 85, following the harvesters UK launch in 2015.

Contractor Andrew Brown has been an advocate of the McHale Fusion baler-wrapper combination for almost a decade, and has recently extended the baling concept to include film-on-film wrapping.

Having tried a front-mounted swath merger in an effort to improve forage quality, one contractor has made the decision to step up to a larger trailed machine for the 2019 season.

Dorset contractor Craig Frampton harvests 2,200 hectares of grass each year using two Strautmann Giga-Vitesse CFS 3601 forage wagons.

For one contractor, offering a precision chop service is possible because of the use of a trailed forage harvester.

One man and his very clever set of IsoBus-controlled triple mowers went to mow a meadow. But how did they perform?

During 2018s maize harvest, Robert Tuckwell Partnership (Farmers and Contractors) in Buckinghamshire chopped 2,870 tonnes in 16 hours with a new generation Claas Jaguar 980.

As one of the worst kept secrets in the industry, John Deeres new 9000 Series self-propelled forage harvester range finally breaks cover.

The pressure is on as baling gets underway, but extra attention to set-up, baling and wrapping technique, and care of net and plastic can make all the difference to bale quality.