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MACHINERY MAINTENANCE

Latest technology for putting out harvest machinery fires

It’s hard to imagine given the sogginess of the past 12 months, but there’s always a chance we could be in for a tinder-dry harvest, à la 2022. That year,…

ROAD LEGAL

Combine road safety: Is your header trailer up to scratch?

Farmers taking combines on the road at harvest time should check whether their header trailers are road legal and fit for purpose. And with many large arable outfits now running…

MACHINERY

Top tips to keep your combine running in the wet

August invariably delivers a spell of bad weather, so we’ve put together 20 top tips from the experts on how to ease the flow of damp crops through the combine.…

HARVEST EQUIPMENT

How to get a big square baler ready for the new season

It is important to spend time in the workshop with any piece of harvest kit before setting out to the field – but arguably especially so for baler operators. Lose a window…

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Case studies

WEED MANAGEMENT

Video: Leicester farm trials weed seed unit on Fendt combine

Europe’s first Redekop seed control unit (SCU) fitted to a Fendt Ideal 10T combine, aimed at controlling weed seeds, is being put to the test this harvest in Leicestershire at…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Video: Herts contractor builds self-propelled bale chaser

For years, farmers, contractors and machinery manufacturers have been dreaming up novel ways to make the job of hauling bulky straw bales more efficient. Their endeavours have spawned high-capacity grabs,…

COMBINES

JMT's 33-strong used Claas combine fleet in high demand

Breakdowns and repair bills are unavoidable irritations when running a second-hand combine harvester. But for those who can’t justify shelling out for a new machine and don’t want to go…

HEADERS

Honey Bee swather expands cropping options for Hants grower

Once a popular tool for pre-harvest management, the self-propelled swather has been slowly sidelined in favour of running through with a sprayer to deliver a shot of glyphosate. The attraction…

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Community

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Inventions Comp 2024: Rob Gash's chaff deflector plate

Rob Gash’s chaff deflector is the winner in the simple category of Farmers Weekly's annual Inventions Competition. Nottinghamshire farmer Rob Gash has conjured up a neat add-on that has transformed…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

FW Inventions Comp 2023: Alistair Craig's bale accumulator

Eighteen years ago, Alistair Craig built a three-bale accumulator for his 80x90 baler as an A-level engineering project. The neat design meant it was fixed rigidly to the back of…

MACHINERY

Inventions Competition 2021: Edward Cragg’s grain dryer

Edward Cragg’s grain dryer automation system Complex category third place Electronics postgraduate Edward Cragg set about bringing the family farm’s 43-year-old Wilder Robomatic batch grain dryer into the 21st century…

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Insights

COMBINES

Ultimate Guide to buying a combine 2024

There are few machine and model updates for this year’s Ultimate Guide to combine harvesters – but there are some subtle changes to the tables themselves to make some of…

COMBINES

Lancs engineer modifies mint Claas and Deere combine fleet

Few combine harvesters leave a contracting business in better condition than when they arrived, but that’s usually the case for the cosseted examples run by Lancashire outfit A Johnson Agricultural…

COMBINES

Retrofit combine yield monitor provides low-cost crop data

From decision-making on crop dryer settings to variety choices for the next cropping year, there is value to be had in being able to quickly access and make use of…

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News

COMBINES

NFU Mutual offers fire suppression kit insurance discounts

Farmers who fit approved fire suppression systems to their combines this harvest could be in line for a healthy insurance discount from NFU Mutual. The offer will knock 25% off…

COMBINES

Harvest Cruz holidays follow US custom combining crews

Fancy experiencing the US custom harvest without having to spend months working away from home? For the 2025 season, Harvest Support USA UK is organising two seven- to 10-day trips…

COMBINES

Plusher cabs and more power for John Deere T5 and T6 combines

John Deere has been systematically overhauling its combine harvesters, with T-series straw walker models the latest to receive a makeover. Gone are the old T500 and T600 machines, replaced by…

COMBINES

John Deere S7 combines get more power and updated cab

Single-rotor S7 combine harvesters from John Deere have been treated to a host of updates, including new engines, cabin and residue management systems. Power ranges from 402 to 533hp (436…

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Test and reviews

COMBINES

Driver’s view: Claas Trion 750 rated after two seasons' work

The launch of the Trion combines two years ago represented one of the biggest-ever shake-ups of the Claas range. Slotting between the high-output Lexions and late-of-this-parish Tucanos, they promised something…

COMBINES

Brace of John Deere X9 combines gobble 170t of wheat an hour

In its quest to build the highest-output combine harvester on the market, John Deere came up with a machine that was also the most expensive. Commanding a heady starting list…

HEADERS

Driver's view: R&R Mills' 12.2m Claas Convio Flex header

They were once the preserve of big, open grain fields in Australia, Canada, and the United States, but ultra-wide headers have become the new must-have on the latest high-output combines.…

HEADERS

Driver's view: Greenshields Agri's 13.7m MacDon FD2 header

They were once the preserve of big, open grain fields in Australia, Canada, and the United States, but ultra-wide headers have become the new must-have on latest high-output combines. We've…

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WEED MANAGEMENT

Video: Leicester farm trials weed seed unit on Fendt combine

Europe’s first Redekop seed control unit (SCU) fitted to a Fendt Ideal 10T combine, aimed at controlling weed seeds, is being put to the test this harvest in Leicestershire at…

COMBINES

Video: Claas launches Trion combine range as Tucanos scrapped

Buyers will no longer have to order a model from Claas’ biggest Lexion range to spec all the popular bells and whistles after the German maker launched its new ultra-flexible…

HARVEST EQUIPMENT

Video: Driver's view - Tom Hawthorne's Big Bale Transtacker

The very thought of loaders and artic flatbed trailers running over a field collecting bales is enough to send shudders down the spine of any controlled traffic farming (CTF) convert.…

COMBINES

Video: Claas launches biggest-ever Lexion combine

Claas has just won the most recent hand of combine manufacturer Top Trumps after it launched its most powerful Lexion machines yet. The headline-grabbing flagship 8900 is the biggest in the…

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