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Kuhn adds swath grouper to triple mowers >More in A new mower conditioner with integrated swath grouper has joined Kuhn’s growing range of disc mowers. The FC 9330 can cut a 9.3m-wide run and bring all the grass from the three mowing units into a single row, which can be adjusted from 1.8-3.6m to suit the pick-up width on the following baler or forager. © Kuhn Operators have the option to lift the groupers out of work independently to leave cut and conditioned...

Inventions Comp 2021: Entries that will make you smile Farmers Weekly’s Inventions Competition wouldn’t be the same without a batch of wacky entries – some of which save time or money and others built just for fun. This year’s crop includes a hot tub made from a skip, a horsebox-cum-bar and a screw-tank ATV. Colin Furze’s Screw Tank Unsatisfied with conventional modes of off-road transport, off-the-wall inventor Colin Furze came up with the Screw Tank. This bizarre contraption propels...

Inventions Comp 2021: Mowers, rolls and harrows for grassland Andrew Carbis’ roller seeder A modification to his set of 6.3m He-Va Cambridge rolls means Cornish dairy and beef farmer Andrew Carbis can now sow grass and roll in one pass. The roller-seeder also opens up the option of min-tilling stubbles without dragging trash across the field – a problem he was finding with his Accord DL seeders – and means he can evenly distribute grass without leaving rows and bout marks. Mr Carbis says ...

Inventions Comp 2021: Nifty tractor attachments and add-ons Alistair Bray’s axle stand jack Having spent years spannering on vehicles, Alistair Bray became frustrated that jacking points were often the best place to put an axle stand. As there is usually little space to operate both safely, he decided to look for a combined jack and axle stand. After failing to find a commercially available product, he fabricated one himself. © Alastair Bray The pictured jack was built about 12 years ago usi...

Inventions Comp 2021: Feeding and bedding tools Declan Parke’s feed trailer Irishman Declan Parke, senior mechanics manager at Almarai Dairy Farms in Saudi Arabia, developed a feed trailer to reduce the burden of feeding 10,000 calves a mixed ration manually – a job that took four people eight hours each day. Mr Parke’s feed trailer construction started with the main frame and axles, which were paired with wheels from a diet feeder. On this base, he formed two bins with the capacity to ca...

Andrew Bradwells farm track grader Farm track repair specialist Andrew Bradwell couldn’t find a trailed grader that was heavy or robust enough for the work he carries out, so he set about building one himself. Rather than start from scratch, he decided to source an old self-propelled motor grader, remove the cab and engine and set it up to work behind a tractor. The machine pictured is actually his second conversion, which has a larger 12ft blade that the original 10...