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Best practice forage quality clinic at Grassland UK
KUHN Farm Machinery will be hosting a forage quality
clinic at this year’s Grassland UK event (Bath & West
Showground, Shepton Mallet, 10th May) to help farmers
improve the quality of, and get the most from, their baled
forage.
he best practice
workshop will
focus on the
importance of bale
structure and
consistency, film
application, elasticity and cling
characteristics, and will provide a
detailed explanation of KUHN’s
unique and patented film binding
system.
“Unlike other film binding
systems which use wide mantle
film for binding, the KUHN system
uses two standard 750mm stretch
film rolls to fully encapsulate the
bale,” explains KUHN product
specialist, Katie Calcutt. “This not
only eliminates the need for an
initial layer of netting to be placed
around the cylindrical side of the
bale, but also improves silage
preservation and makes the
recycling of waste plastic easier. It
also reduces plastic usage by up
to 30% by pre-stretching the
wrapping film by 70% prior to
application. Film loading is also
quicker and easier as each roll
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weighs just 27kg, compared to the
wider rolls which can weigh
between 40-90kg.”
The clinic will also discuss the
importance of cutting crops at the
correct growth stage, assessment
of dry matter content prior to
baling, the correct techniques for
handling and storing film rolls,
machinery maintenance and
wrapper calibration for optimum
film coverage.
MERGE MAXX 950: high output
belt merger
KUHN will also be using the
Grassland UK event to promote its
new belt merger grass rake: aimed
at large-scale grassland farms and
contractors, the MERGE MAXX
950 uses two adjustable, bi-
directional merger belts to give a
maximum grass pick-up width of
9.50 metres.
The bi-directional design of the
MERGE MAXX 950’s twin belts
provides multiple windrow delivery
options: forage can be delivered
into a single central windrow, a
single lateral windrow (left or right
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side), two lateral windrows (one
either side) or a central and left or
right lateral windrow.
The MERGE MAXX uses auto-
regulating pick-up rollers which
self-adjust according to crop
thickness to produce a uniform,
airy and faster-drying windrow.
Compared to a conventional
grass rake, the MERGE MAXX 950
offers a 30-100% increase in
working rate, with the greatest time
savings to be made when handling
wet or heavier forage crops.
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