Displaying items by tag: claas

Tuesday, 22 March 2016 10:56

Carrfields expands in North Canterbury

The Carrfields Machinery and Irrigation businesses have bought the Waipara Junction Garage site.

Published in General News
Sunday, 06 March 2016 15:55

Deals with waste

Slurry tankers have traditionally been simply a means of dealing with smelly waste.

Published in Machinery & Products
Friday, 04 March 2016 14:55

Track record proves machine’s value

The JCB Fastrac is a little like Vegemite — you either love it or hate it — but it has now been around for 25 years.

Published in Machinery & Products
Friday, 18 December 2015 09:49

Top of the Claas

The Claas Lexion 700 combine harvester has won 2016 Machine of the Year at the biennial European trade fair Agritechnica.

Published in Machinery & Products
Tuesday, 10 November 2015 08:59

Claas adds big beast to Axion range

The Claas Axion 800 series currently includes tractors 205-264hp, so a new range topping model – the Axion 870, 295hp – should raise its popularity with large scale operators and contractors. 

Published in Machinery & Products
Thursday, 05 November 2015 12:14

Power back in demand

With ten models covering 884 to 400hp, it's fair to say the Claas Jaguar range of forage harvesters is the world's largest.

Published in Machinery & Products
Monday, 19 October 2015 16:49

Getting more from chopped maize

Maize silage has long been critical to livestock farmers' conservation choice for winter feed, so it's no surprise to see harvester manufacturers looking at new ways to make the crop more productive.

Published in Machinery & Products
Friday, 16 October 2015 09:52

Converting poo into resources

Slurry tankers, once just a means of dealing with smelly waste, are getting more sophisticated.

Published in Machinery & Products
Wednesday, 07 October 2015 16:15

APC ensures good, tight bales

German harvest specialist Claas will take away a silver medal from the upcoming Agritechnica show for its automatic pressure control system (APC).

Published in Machinery & Products
Saturday, 29 August 2015 11:05

Rolling out the 300,000th baler

Patent number 372140 won’t be very important to many, but to one of the world’s largest manufacturers of harvest equipment it was a building block to the future. 

Published in Machinery & Products
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