All articles about Grassland and maize equipment

BALERS AND WRAPPERS

New models promising further increases in bale weights, greater versatility and easier operation feature in this year’s Ultimate Guide to big square balers. The choice of models, features and specifications…

BALERS AND WRAPPERS

With Isobus electronics becoming increasingly popular for its common display format across different types of machines, this year’s Ultimate Guide to round balers highlights the machines on which this added-value…

RAKES AND MERGERS

Burning less diesel and clocking fewer hours by completing two field passes at once might sound like a dream setup, yet one machine that can make that possible – Agronic’s…

FORAGERS

Keen to get a better handle on the dry matter content of his Italian ryegrass destined for local anaerobic digestion plants, Ady Drewery invested in a near-infrared system for his…

RAKES AND MERGERS

Punctures are a pain at the best of times and, after his old 7.5m Lely twin-rotor rake tallied 18 of them in a single season, Cotswold farmer Simon Best decided…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Entries into grassland category of this year’s Inventions Competition centre on ways to improve the efficiency of resowing, rolling and ridding fields of weeds. Scroll down to see some of…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Feeding and bedding livestock can be a time-consuming job, but the entries into this year’s Inventions Competition show there are plenty of ways to speed the process up. See also: Tips…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Cornish farmer and contractor John Phizacklea has built a neat, low-cost seeder harrow for patching grass in small fields and paddocks. His creation mounts to his front loader, which ensures…

BALERS AND WRAPPERS

New balers and baler-wrappers – mostly promising increased output and denser forage packing for fewer bales per field and storage stack – feature in this year’s Ultimate Guide to round…

MACHINERY MAINTENANCE

The daily chore of chomping through tonnes of abrasive feedstuffs mean a mixer wagon’s innards only have a limited lifespan. Added to that, the tight environments in which they work…

MOWERS

Mower conditioners might offer the benefit of bruising grass so that it dries out faster, but they’re heavier than their plain disc equivalents, more expensive and take more power to…

RAKES AND MERGERS

Kuhn has ramped up the level of technology offered on its high-capacity four-rotor rakes, adding features such as hydraulic drive, hydraulic suspension and GPS section control. The updates apply to…

RAKES AND MERGERS

Krone is pushing the boundaries of four-rotor grass rake performance with the new Swadro TC 1570, which provides a step up in output from the 13.7m TC 1370 with up…

FORAGE WAGONS

Updates for the 33-40cu m RX and 43-56cu m ZX forage wagons from Krone include hydraulic variable-speed drive to the pick-up, plus further refinements to the intake rotor and crop-slicing…

MOWERS

Devon dairy and beef farmers Robert, Thomas and Nick Reed give us their review of the Kuhn triple mo-cos. See also: How to build your own tractor autosteer system for £700…

MOWERS

Find out how the Claas triple mo-cos run by Lancashire farmers and contractors Thompson Brothers performs. The driver is David Kirkham. See also: Tips and advice for buying a used forage…

MOWERS

We find out what it's like to work with SIP triple mowers run by West Sussex haylage specialist Chris Harris, driven by Will Kitcher. See also: Tips for buying a set…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

After 53 years, several million small square bales and dozens of farm inventions, Cotswolds contractor and farm-scale engineer Frank Henderson is calling time on his career – and his bespoke…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Clever feeding and bedding kit is helping livestock farmers shave hours off their daily routine. We've picked out some of the best ones from the many entries to our 2020…

A North Yorkshire farmer is running an Italian-built front-mounted rake combined with a baler on the rear to make his rowing and baling operation a one-pass affair, curbing the reliance…