Claas has developed a unique engine output control system for its top-end Jaguar forage harvesters that enables the engine to automatically change between 11 different power output levels depending on the load.

Agritechnica 2011 will mark the market launch of the Fendt Katana 65 forage harvester. The first small series of production models is already in operation on customers' fields, and the company hopes to put up to 30 of the foragers into operation during 2012.

Grassland and Muck 2011 included a working demonstration of the latest Krone Big X 1100 forage harvester with its innovative output management system. Instead of the twin-engine set-up previously offered, Krone's flagship forager now features a single 1,031hp MAN V12 engine.

The history of self-propelled forage harvesters began in 1961 when, with a daring and absolutely futuristic move for the time, New Holland decided to transform its famous pull-type forage harvester into a unit with its own engine and controls.

Agco has taken the last big step towards becoming a full-liner agricultural machinery manufacturer with the unveiling of the Fendt Katana 65 self-propelled forage harvester.

Krone has launched the next generation of its Big X forage harvester with three models each offering more capacity and improved fuel efficiency, as well as a completely redesigned cab.

DUTCH-based Lely has taken control of the German forage equipment manufacturer Mengele in a transaction that was completed on June 1.

A MAINSTAY of many UK livestock farms' silaging operations for many years, Pöttinger has launched an updated MEX VI forager for 2010.

KRONE VariStream is a new, variable and automatic crop flow control system on Big X precision-chop foragers that adapts the cross section of the crop flow as the volume varies.

TAKING its 50 Series foragers to the next level of power, John Deere has unveiled its new top-of-the-range self-propelled forage harvester (SPFH), the 812hp 7950i model.

JOHN Deere demonstrated an exclusive new front transport wheel on a Kemper 375 maize header, fitted to a 7750i ProDrive self-propelled forage harvester, at the 2009 Grassland UK event.

THIS year marks 40 years of continuous production of the MEX trailed forage harvester from Pöttinger.

THE Cam Pilot guidance system from Claas is now available on the company's Jaguar foragers.

CLAAS has extended its Jaguar 900 forage harvester series to include two new smaller models. The new forage harvesters are the 412hp Jaguar 930 and the 453hp Jaguar 940.