December 1, 2024
Harvesting, GDR style: Team culture
REPORT: Threshing again, as in the days of the GDR — the motto for a special harvesting event that took place at Hohenfinow, Brandenburg, Germany in early July. We take you on a journey back…
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December 1, 2024
F & T L Stanier potato store: In control
REPORT: F & T L Stanier have just completed their second 1,250 tonne climate controlled potato store, ready for the 2024 harvest. The store is bang up to date with mobile connectivity for crop condition…
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December 1, 2024
Carnhill Holsteins, automated feeding: Fresh feed 24/7
REPORT: Back in 2022, Gea announced it was launching an autonomous feeding system. For the past six months, a DairyFeed F4500 has been keeping the dairy herd at Carnhill Holsteins full of grub.
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November 1, 2024
One-person lime spreading system: Studied and tested
REPORT: For his degree thesis, Michael Horlacher stayed close to what he knows, focusing on lime application at his contracting business. This is the result.
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November 1, 2024
D Haxby Farms, Lincolnshire: Lots in Lincolnshire
REPORT: Auctioneer Masons Rural was tasked with selling the machinery fleet from D Haxby Farms. A nice mix of well-cared-for tractors and arable machinery went under the hammer at the end of September.
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October 1, 2024
Rhizomes and saplings: Less hard graft
REPORT: If you want to mechanically harvest tree saplings, then you are going to need to embrace technology. Mark Pasveer visits one such farm in the Netherlands.
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October 1, 2024
Black Beast: On the trail of the Black Beast
REPORT: In our 2022 profi harvest special, we had a small picture of an intriguing machine, looking like a cross between a self-propelled sugar beet harvester and a combine. Since then, there has been a…
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October 1, 2024
Claas Commandor 115 CS: Wet harvest saviour
REPORT: The Claas Commandor is a special combine harvester. The threshing system and chassis are different … and even the harvesting conditions were unique when we caught up with our featured machine.
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October 1, 2024
Muddy Machines Sprout autonomous asparagus harvester: Sprout seeks to save asparagus
REPORT: An autonomous harvester being developed by a UK start up could solve labour shortages which threaten the crop.
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October 1, 2024
REPORT: NEW COMBINES FOR SEASON 25: Cutting edge combines
REPORT: Combine developments for 2025 focus on increasing capacity using technology as well as physical size to boost throughput.
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October 1, 2024
JB Farms no-till drilling: A new direction
REPORT: Seeding specialist Dale Drills has continued to develop and modernise its range of direct drills, offering options and modifications to suit evolving drilling requirements. Some of the latest updates to the high capacity Eco-L…
