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Replacing an original combine header can bring increased productivity and seed-saving. Keep up to date with latest developments and user experience reports with our coverage of headers from Case IH, Claas, Deutz-Fahr, Fendt, John Deere, MacDon, Massey Ferguson, New Holland and Shelbourne Reynolds.

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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…

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Case studies

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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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Insights

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Buying alternative combine headers - the options

Buying a new combine rarely involved much discussion about header options when there was no choice other than to decide what width to hook on the front. But that has…

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Buyer's guide to direct-cut wholecrop headers

Increased use of direct-cut harvesting techniques for wholecrop silage and energy forage crops has not only brought added work for large farms and contractors, but also for manufacturers of forage…

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News

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Canadian firm unveils stripper header to rival Shelbourne

Shelbourne Reynolds’ domination of the stripper header market could be under threat, at least in North America, following the launch of the Raptor from K-Hart Industries. The firm hails from…

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Le Roch unveils tractor-mounted swather

French distributor Le Roch has unveiled a new tractor-mounted, double-mouth swather, which it hopes will find favour with farmers looking to ditch end-of-season glyphosate applications. The company reports rising interest…

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Case unveils new 8.5m combine header for CTF

Case-IH has added an 8.5m option to its Axial Flow combine header range to suit those working in controlled traffic systems. The new Varicut table is designed to slot into…

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Wisbech dealer to import tractor-mounted Honey Bee swathers

Wisbech-based combine dealer BP Combine Harvesters has taken on the import job for Honey Bee draper flex headers and tractor-mounted belt swathers. The five-model swather range extends from 4.6m (15ft)…

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Test and reviews

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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.…

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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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Driver's view: Tom Carlisle's 10.7m Deere 735D combine 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.…

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Claas updates its combine header range for 2020

German manufacturer Claas has updated its header range to complement its recently launched Lexion combine models, with the new offerings including its widest-ever front and a greater range of draper-type…

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