Grassland and forage equipment

With the grass growing season just around the corner, we take a look at some of the sward rejuvenating kit available on the market

With over 15 different manufacturers offering mower conditioners in the UK market, what does Claas offer with its Disco mounted range to tempt buyers?

Extending its forage wagon line-up, Strautmann, distributed in the UK by Opico, has added a new 02 Series version of its popular Giga Vitesse forage wagon. To find out more, Farmers Guardian put the new machine to work.

In 2019, Claas announced a host of improvements to the Jaguar 970 self-propelled forage harvester, with new cab controls and a new six-cylinder engine, usurping the previous model’s V8. Simon Henley spoke to the firm involved in testing the preproduction model and who is now running two of the new six-pot Jags.

While we will have to wait a little bit longer for a physical version of the French SIMA machinery show, its digital alternative highlighted several machinery and technology developments, from loaders and drills to bale

The best way of ensuring quality winter fodder differs considerably among farms, but for one Shropshire unit, doing it themselves with classic kit is proving an economical and reliable way of harvesting and ensiling grass. A

Not ones to miss an opportunity, during our recent Massey Ferguson mower review we also managed to get our hands on one of the firm’s twin rotor rakes.

Representing the firm’s latest heavy-duty fixed chamber round baler, we try out Vicon’s new FixBale 500 model.

Complementing the Kverneland triple mowers as previously reviewed, we also got our hands on one of the firm’s twin rotor rakes for review.

Vicon has refreshed its RV5200 Series variable chamber round baler models, with a number of changes designed to improve output and lower operating costs.