With the new TOP 852 C s-line Pöttinger has developed a double rake with central swath placement that offers plenty of space for the swath: a rotor lifting system with the axle inside the arc of the rotor (steered axle), provides real "intelligent lifting" for a ground clearance of around 60 cm.

Twelve forage drying businesses in Bavaria (GER) have been using Pöttinger loader wagons successfully for a number of years. The forage drying business Lamerdingen eG runs seven Pöttinger loader wagons simultaneously, for example. Leonhard Welzmiller, Managing Director of Lamerdingen eG Forage Dryers reports on their extremely positive experience.

The agricultural association AGRINO, s. r. o. from Oldrichov in the Tábor region (CZ) farms an area of 1,400 ha. They have a total of eight Pöttinger machines in operation, which were purchased between 2007 and 2009. The managing director of the agricultural association reports enthusiastically on the performance of his 'octet'.

Steyrtal, one of the first silage cooperatives in the Upper Austria region, now relies on the automatic knife sharpening system "autocut" on a JUMBO 6610 combiline. The level of convenience offered by the sharpening system has impressed the farmers. Bruno Kleinhagauer operates the combined wagon.

In January we started from the beginning again: all high scores have been deleted so that even players successful in recent months have another shot at winning some great prizes from the Pöttinger merchandise selection. Don't miss out - taking part is really worth it! We congratulate the winners of October. New game - new chance! The high score is reset so you have an even greater chance of winning. We start again every month. Have a go now and win one of the prizes for next month!

Raw ash content is an indicator of the contamination of forage. The lower the raw ash content, the higher the base forage quality. This leads to improved feeding and animal health. The various stages of the harvest process contribute in different ways to the cleanliness of the base forage. On which machine – after mowing (5 to 7 cm) - does the adjustment of working height have the greatest influence on clean forage?

New to the NOVACAT family of rear mowers: the 402 and 442 with working widths of 3.88 m and 4.3 m respectively. The central element of these two models is the hydraulic lower linkage arm that makes it easy to hitch up. How this works and the other advantages of these machines have been summarised in a short video clip.

The VDMA (German association of mechanical engineers and plant builders) has produced an extremely informative film about the intelligent cowshed: robots that milk, and cows that ride on a carousel. Because base forage quality plays a very important role, they also take a look at forage harvesting. Pöttinger is involved, of course, where technology is used to produce high forage quality.