The potential to improve performance from no-till drills, which can work into standing straw rather than a mat of chopped residue, could see a resurgence in stripper header popularity. With this partly in mind, Shelbourne Reynolds has refined operation on its latest version

A common sight in the large arable areas of the USA, stripper headers remain something of an oddity in the UK, with their main advocates using them for specialist crops or conditions. However, fine-tuning of no-till systems to get the best out of drills is increasing domestic interest in the stripping technique.