JDS Contracts has a long association with New Holland self-propelled foragers and for this season chopped in its five-year-old FR600 for the latest FR650 Forage Cruiser. Adrian Douglas tells us the good and bad of the firm’s new chopper

Local service and the cost of ownership are key reasons why JDS Contracts is currently running a New Holland selfpropelled. But that is not to say the business is not willing to look at other makes; indeed the firm’s foraging history is a mixed bag of New Holland and Claas machines.