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Self-loading forage wagons for grass silage harvesting from Bergmann, Claas, Fendt, Krone, Kverneland, Malone, Pottinger, Strautmann and Veenhuis get our maintenance and operation guidance for silage clamp filling with well chopped grass for efficient storage and quality forage for winter feeding.

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FORAGE WAGONS

Tips and advice for buying a used forage wagon

Forage wagons have come on a long way in the past couple of decades and now offer an affordable way for small farms to keep the job of grass cutting…

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FW Inventions Competition 2021: Willie Dean’s grass pick-up

Intermediate category winner Willie Dean’s Xtra Chop In an effort to get shorter, more consistent chop lengths in grass harvested with forage wagons, Willie Dean, of Clockeasy Contracting near Elgin,…

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FORAGE WAGONS

Pottinger shrinks Jumbo forage wagon for new 5000-series

Grass farmers and contractors that like the look of Pottinger’s big 7000- and 8000-series forage wagons, but can’t justify their size or cost, now have a smaller range of 5000s…

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New pick-up and chopper for Strautmann Zelon wagons

Small livestock farms keen on keeping silage-making in house have a revamped range of Strautmann Zelon forage wagons to pick from. These have a slightly wider pick-up than before –…

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Ex-Claas forage wagons reborn under Fliegl banner

Fliegl has revived the Cargos forage wagon range deemed surplus to requirements by Claas. There was little time for major design changes, with just six months separating the completion of…

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Shorter chop for Krone RX and ZX OptiGrass forage wagons

Updates for the 33-40cu m RX and 43-56cu m ZX forage wagons from Krone include hydraulic variable-speed drive to the pick-up, plus further refinements to the intake rotor and crop-slicing…

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FORAGE WAGONS

Video: Lely revolutionises zero grazing with autonomous Exos

Dutch firm Lely has put the finishing touches to its self-propelled grass harvester and feeder, which is set to go on sale in the Netherlands next year. The battery powered…

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