The best quality basic ration is the basis for your success

The production of high-quality basic ration from meadows, pastures and whole crop is the basis of every grassland farm. Ruminants are fussy about their forage. The quality of their basic ration will determine whether your animals consume the forage in high quantities, or not. In addition to energy content, odour and taste, a low crude ash content plays a critical role.

They go for a basic ration that is clean and nutritious. The amount of concentrates used can be reduced. This cuts feeding costs while at the same time improving animal health.

Yet producing the best forage is not done by coincidence. The foundation for this is laid by the botanical composition of the crop. The volume and quality yielded here must be maintained along the entire harvest chain.

That is why at PÖTTINGER we provide you with a tool to prepare your forage for clean, tidy, loss-free harvesting: the TOP rake.

"Good ground tracking is important to me"

"We need machines that have excellent ground tracking. That is is really important to me and also the reason why we work with a PÖTTINGER rake.

We have a TOP 662 with MULTITAST jockey wheel system. This allows the hay to be picked up cleanly from the ground without the tines scratching and digging into the soil. That's how we can prevent dirt ingress into the forage."

Christophe Chambon, Farmer

Sancey | France

"We want to keep crude ash low"

"Our farm is set up for silage making with round bales. To keep the level of crude ash as low as possible in the forage, it is essential that our equipment tracks the ground well when harvesting silage. That is what impressed us about the TOP 762 C centre-swath rake during operation. Thanks to its very precise ground tracking, it produces very neat raking work even on uneven grassland.

The machine's stability on steep ground is also very important for us. Thanks to its wide chassis, you can lift the rotors into any working position without problems.

Because we also bale square bales of straw for bedding on our farm, being able to simply adjust the swath width was another positive feature on the TOP 762 C so you can rake large swaths for the square baler in a short time."

Günter Mairhofer, Farmer

Schlüßlberg | Austria