Test Centre

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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.

  by Alexander Bertling

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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.

  by James de Havilland

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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.

  by Steven Vale

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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…

  by Lucas Colsman

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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.

  by Christian Brüse

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  Issue: October ( 2025 )

  Rhys Lewis Agri Hire: Knowledge and a dollop of bravery

  REPORT: With the jump in machinery prices, it takes a bit of nerve and a healthy dollop of ambition to go out and buy a selection of kit with the aim of starting a hire…

  by Mervyn Bailey

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  Issue: October ( 2025 )

  Horizon Agricultural Machinery: Looking up

  REPORT: The DSX no-till drill accounts for roughly two thirds of the 400+ Horizon machines delivered so far. We’ve been to see where it is made.

  by Steven Vale

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  Issue: October ( 2025 )

  Twin auger 22-24m3 diet feeders: Diet decisions

  REPORT: Looking for a trailed diet feeder? We’re focusing on machines in the twin auger, 22-24m3 category and the various options available.

  by Jane Carley

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  Issue: October ( 2025 )

  Engels Machines Spider asparagus harvesting assistant: Creepy, not crawly

  REPORT: A 48-strong fleet of electrically-powered Spiders are allowing Dutch grower De Wit to slash harvesting costs by nearly 50%.

  by Steven Vale

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  Issue: October ( 2025 )

  Whatever happened to the Lemken VariTansanit

  REPORT: At Agritechnica 20 years ago, Lemken made a big splash with the presentation of its VariTansanit reversible ploughs. Claimed to operate behind smaller tractors, be more fuel efficient and reduce wheel slip, the new…

  by Gerd Theißen

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  Issue: October ( 2025 )

  J & J A Venables and Son, Cheshire: Well rounded business

  REPORT: J & J A Venables and Son farm under the shadow of Joderal bank observatory in Lower Withington, Cheshire with 40 hectares of their own, and another 80ha rented, they have grown their business…

  by Ken Topham

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