All articles about Grassland and maize equipment

BALERS AND WRAPPERS

New models promising further increases in bale weights, greater versatility and easier operation feature in this year’s Ultimate Guide to big square balers. The choice of models, features and specifications…

BALERS AND WRAPPERS

With Isobus electronics becoming increasingly popular for its common display format across different types of machines, this year’s Ultimate Guide to round balers highlights the machines on which this added-value…

FORAGERS

Regularly forking out for new forage harvesters is one way of keeping reliability in check, but Neil Jones has found it far more cost effective to build strength in numbers.…

GRASSLAND AND MAIZE EQUIPMENT

There can’t be many jobs in farming more dreaded than sheeting and unsheeting silage clamps, with mere mention of the task sending friends and family scuttling off to other “more…

MACHINERY

There used to be plenty of contractors offering a forage-bagging service, but the dedication required to run these machines efficiently means just three players remain. One of those is Hawick-based…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Ollie Mackintosh’s inter-row seeder has been awarded highly commended in our Inventions Competition. Having built a successful 6m inter-row seeder for sowing grass under maize (featured in the 2016 Farm…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Entries into grassland category of this year’s Inventions Competition centre on ways to improve the efficiency of resowing, rolling and ridding fields of weeds. Scroll down to see some of…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Feeding and bedding livestock can be a time-consuming job, but the entries into this year’s Inventions Competition show there are plenty of ways to speed the process up. See also: Tips…

BALERS AND WRAPPERS

Having forged a partnership with Kuhn for a range of big square balers launched in Britain in 2013, John Deere has now quietly withdrawn from this market sector to concentrate…

BALERS AND WRAPPERS

Tougher build and technology updates for faster and easier working are among the features of the latest round balers and baler-wrappers featured in our 2025 Ultimate Guide. We look in…

FORAGERS

John Deere has cranked the power output of its range-topping forage harvester to more than 1,000hp. Badged F9 1000, the newcomer takes over from where the 9900 left off, with…

BALERS AND WRAPPERS

There has been a flurry of new developments in the small baler world in recent months, the latest of which was Massey Ferguson's launch of a new twin-chamber conventional baler…

DIET FEEDERS

Dairy producers switching to Lely’s Vector automated feeding system or using an existing installation can equip themselves with a comprehensively upgraded mixer-feeder to save time or serve more cattle. The…

BALERS AND WRAPPERS

Now in its fifth generation, the Big Pack 1290 HDP is Krone’s answer to high-density, six-string baling. It’s the frontline machine of choice for Suffolk straw merchant Will Reed of…

BALERS AND WRAPPERS

New Holland’s battle for big baling supremacy is led by the 1290 HD, which is the tool of choice for Gavin and Liz Strathern’s Blackwater Baling outfit. Five of them…

BALERS AND WRAPPERS

Packing a heavier flywheel than its standard-spec sibling, Massey Ferguson’s LB 2234 XD is geared up for producing high-density bales. Two of these 120x90 six-stringers are the frontline machines for…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

After 53 years, several million small square bales and dozens of farm inventions, Cotswolds contractor and farm-scale engineer Frank Henderson is calling time on his career – and his bespoke…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Clever feeding and bedding kit is helping livestock farmers shave hours off their daily routine. We've picked out some of the best ones from the many entries to our 2020…

A North Yorkshire farmer is running an Italian-built front-mounted rake combined with a baler on the rear to make his rowing and baling operation a one-pass affair, curbing the reliance…