May 9, 2025
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Forage harvesters and wagons
Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of forage harvesters.
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April 20, 2025
Haworth Agricultural Contractors: Extra cost but bigger benefits
REPORT: Helping its customers to realise the full value of slurry, Cumbrian firm Haworth Agricultural Contractors has invested in Near Infra-Red (NIR) sensing to improve application accuracy for umbilical slurry spreading, creating traceability and compliance…
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March 14, 2025
NCS Project on forage bean wholecrop: Spilling the beans…
TECHNICAL: Could growing more pulses and legumes help UK farming reduce its carbon footprint and become self-sufficient when it comes to animal-fed protein? This is part of the NCS study, and last year we took…
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March 14, 2025
Claas CSPS chop quality analysis: Clever scanning, perfect silage
TECHNICAL: It sounds almost too good to be true: the forager operator takes a few photos of the chopped material and is able to clarify the machine is achieving the best chop quality and a…
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March 14, 2025
New Holland FR920 Forge Cruiser: Cruisin’ for a …
DRIVING IMPRESSION: New Holland has updated its FR forager, so what's it like to drive? Last summer we didn't need asking twice to climb aboard the titillated and refreshed Cruiser.
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March 14, 2025
Wagon capacity boost: Cranking up the volume
WORKSHOP: After 300 hours in the workshop, Stefan Hauzinger has managed to increase the load volume of his Krone Titan R48 GD wagon by an impressive 5.0m³.
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January 17, 2025
Claas Jaguar V-Flex forage drum: Chop, chop
DRIVING IMPRESSION: For next season, Claas is offering a new chopping cylinder in its Jaguar 900 foragers. The V-Flex boasts a number of design changes, including an increased V-angle.
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December 10, 2024
Krone XDisc 710 wholecrop header: On and gone
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Krone has launched a new wholecrop direct-cut header — not only is it wider, but it also has integrated transport running gear. We had the opportunity to get an early first look.
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December 1, 2024
Fendt Katana 850 forage harvester: Bella Katana
PRACTICAL TEST: In Italy we were able to make up for what we were unable to do in our practical test last season. Near Verona, the Fendt self-propelled showed off its strong throughput and impeccable…
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October 1, 2024
Fendt Katana 850 forage harvester: An endurance test
PRACTICAL TEST: Last season’s woeful conditions for maize harvest certainly proved a challenge for our test Fendt forager … as, to be fair, they would have done for any harvester. Apart from a few minor…
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October 1, 2024
Strautmann Magnon 11 forage wagon: No shorter cuts?
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Strautmann is looking to meet the needs of farms wanting a shorter chop length from a forage wagon. The new Magnon 11 has an 84-knife chopping unit with just 22mm between the blades.…
