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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.

  by Jane Carley

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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.

  by Sebastian Rüther

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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,…

  by Geoff Ashcroft

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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.

  by Steven Vale

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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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