Issue: Harvest ( 2012 )
OnField driver’s cab 4.0: Future workplace
At the Karlsruhe Research Institute of Technology (KIT), we had the opportunity to grab a sneak preview of a future cab on an agricultural machine.
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September 28, 2022
Combining on hills: Slope solutionsx
At what point should you invest in a combine with a levelling system? And which system is preferable? Prof. Dr. Thomas Rademacher, from Germany’s Bingen University of Applied Sciences, has been examining this topic.
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Issue: Harvest ( 2022 )
John Deere 8000 series foragers: Buying used
USED MACHINERY: Launched in late 2014 for the 2015 season, John Deere 8000 Series foragers have proven to be a big step up from previous 7000 Series in terms of performance and ease of maintenance.…
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Issue: Harvest ( 2022 )
Pöttinger Jumbo 8450 forage wagon: A finer cut
With 65 knives and a theoretical chop length of 25mm, Pöttinger’s new Jumbo 8000 short-cut wagon edges closer to a forager’s chopping performance. We've been able to take a closer look.
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Issue: Harvest ( 2022 )
FineField Innovative Agri Systems Harvy500 blueberry harvester: Automatic berry harvesting
In heavy crops, the Harvy500, an electrically-powered autonomous blueberry harvester, can pick upwards of 1,000kg of blueberries an hour. We’ve been to see one of the first machines.
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Issue: Harvest ( 2022 )
Leaf blowers compared: Portable blowing power
Designed to blow autumn leaves from lawns and gardens, the humble leaf blower has long been pressed into service for a range of other jobs to include helping remove debris built up on various bits…
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Issue: 10 ( 2022 )
Practical Test: Krone Vendro 1120 tedder
There is a growing demand for wider working tedders, and with today’s on farm horsepower there is no issue with handling these bigger machines. Krone’s solution is the Vendro, and we've been testing the 10-rotor…
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Issue: 10 ( 2022 )
Loader-mounted straw bedding tools Making light work of bedding down
There is a growing range of loader and handler-mounted straw bedders, and they don’t all go about the bedding job in the same manner, some chop others don’t. Here is a round-up of machines that…
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September 1, 2022
Ludwig Elsbett: Way ahead of his time
Elsbett engines ran on vegetable oil, were economical, needed no cooling and were considered indestructible. It may, or may not, come as a surprise to learn that it was a tractor manufacturer that put an…
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Issue: 10 ( 2022 )
Precision Farming: GPS-Safe 6000 anti-theft device
German contracting firm Bünger-Lang has developed an anti-theft device to help secure StarFire receivers on a cab roof. It's fairly straightforward to fit, too, as we found out when we travelled to the inventors for…
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Issue: 10 ( 2022 )
Variable-depth cultivations: Shallow here, deep there: What’s the point?
The Innovation Farm at Wieselburg in Austria has been carrying out research into the advantages and disadvantages of cultivating at various depths with an application map.
