Issue: Harvest Special ( 2025 )
Norfolk Lavender: Smell of success
REPORT: Norfolk Lavender revived a bespoke 23-year-old British-built machine to harvest this year’s crop. We find out why.
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Issue: Harvest Special ( 2025 )
Manor Farm: Two out, one in
REPORT: While many farming businesses have addressed machinery costs by cutting down on tractor numbers and putting more hours on an expensive prime mover, it’s a bold move to reduce the harvesting fleet.
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Issue: Harvest Special ( 2025 )
Best selling walker combines: Walker combines march on
REPORT: If you have a preference for straw walkers, then keep reading as we round up the best selling five- and six-walker combines currently sold in the UK and Ireland.
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Issue: Harvest Special ( 2025 )
Jaguar forager converted to tracks: Not making tracks…with tracks
REPORT: German contractors Logemann and Röbenjohanns not only kitted out a Claas Jaguar with tracks, but they also modified a pair of dumpers that can tip into hook-lift containers.
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Issue: Harvest Special ( 2025 )
New Holland CR11 at North Farm Horton : The Beast of Belgium
REPORT: New Holland’s flagship CR11 combine has been chomping through harvest for Dorset grower Peter Snell, having replaced a pair of CR10.90 models. As the end of its first full harvest draws to a close,…
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Issue: Harvest Special ( 2025 )
AVL Motion S9000 asparagus harvester: White Gold
TECHNICAL: The S9000 automatic white asparagus robot replaces as many as a dozen pairs of hands; slashing labour harvesting costs by up to 80%. The diesel-electric vehicle is made by Dutch firm AVL Motion.
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Issue: Harvest Special ( 2025 )
Early detection of bearing wear keeps combines on a roll: Look, listen, feel
WORKSHOP: A thorough check of a combine’s bearings can help to ensure you have a trouble-free start to the harvest, with a much reduced risk of frustrating downtime.
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Issue: Harvest Special ( 2025 )
Agco (Massey Ferguson and Fendt) Ideal combines: Any colour you like as long as it is black
USED MACHINERY: Agco’s Massey Ferguson and Fendt Ideal combines differ in two ways. Badges and Fendt having access to the highest capacity variant, the Ideal 10T. Everything else is the same including the black finish.
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Issue: Harvest Special ( 2025 )
Oxbo GP6300 pea harvester: Peas – the best bits
DRIVING IMPRESSION: We travelled to France to see two of the five pre-production versions of the Oxbo GP6300 self-propelled pea harvester.
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Issue: Harvest Special ( 2025 )
Unia Bizon 36 chaser bin: The middle man
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Unia is one of the largest farm machinery makers in Poland, offering a hugely diverse line-up of kit including a range of chaser bins. The Bizon 36 is the biggest bin in the…
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Issue: Harvest Special ( 2025 )
Fendt Rotana 160V XtraCut baler: Passing the baton
PRACTICAL TEST: We were able to use the Fendt Rotana 160V XtraCut to make bales up to 1.60m throughout last summer. Read on to find out what we thought of it.
