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Tillage implement manufacturer Lemken has partnered with forage implement producer Krone, another Germany-based company, to develop an autonomous power unit capable of a variety of functions, including tillage.
Equipment, Machinery

Autonomous tillage and haying

Lemken and Krone partner on multi-functional robotic system development

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As more attention is turned toward autonomous field operations, even companies that haven’t been known primarily for offering powered systems are revealing their efforts to produce self-propelled robotic equipment. Recently, tillage equipment producer Lemken announced it had partnered with forage-focused Krone (both companies are based in Germany) to create an autonomous power unit capable of […] Read more
Krone claims to be the first company to offer tandem axles and a three-blade cutter system, which help to producer a denser bale.
Machinery

Krone celebrates large-bale production anniversary

This family-owned Germany manufacturer has been making bales for 25 years

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February 2019 marked a production milestone for the family-owned German manufacturer Krone. The company, which produces hay and forage equipment, is celebrating 25 years of large square baler production. Along with that, 2019 marks 45 years of selling equipment in North America. When it began large-square baler production in 1993, the brand claims to have […] Read more
Krone Comprima round balers offer a variety of both fixed and variable bale chamber sizes.
Machinery

New “Comprima” balers from Krone

The brand offers a new round baler series with a brand new look

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This spring Krone introduced its new line of “Comprima” round balers that offer a variety of both fixed, variable and semi-variable bale chamber sizes. The brand is describing them as “new look” machines. The Comprimas use the company’s NovoGrip belt and slat system, which Krone claims helps produce a denser bale in both dry hay […] Read more
The ActiveMow R and EasyCut R mowers have been added to Krone's three-point hitch disc mower line.
Machinery

New mower-conditioners from Krone

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Krone, known for four decades as a forage equipment manufacturer, has recently added to its equipment line in North America, with the addition of the ActiveMow R and EasyCut R three-point hitch mounted disc mowers. The Germany-based brand describes them as an “elite new generation.a” The mowers use a low-profile design with welded-on plates to […] Read more
Only four prototypes of the Premos 5000 currently exist, and the company is still using them in field trials.
Machinery

PHOTOS: Krone demonstrates the Premos 5000

We check out the performance of Krone's in-field pellet harvester

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Last June the Grainews e-QuipTV video team travelled to Hungary to get a look at some of German-based manufacturer Krone’s equipment at work in the field. That included the company’s new-concept Premos 5000 in-field pellet harvester. First unveiled to the public at the 2015 Agritechnica machinery show in Germany, the Premos 5000 is the first […] Read more
During a field day for international journalists, Krone showed off its newest line of balers at a farm in Hungary last summer.
Machinery

Krone packs more hay into a bale

The BiG Pack HDP II large square baler boosts throughput and bale density

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As Thomas Gress and a group of other baler product specialists at Krone stood in the shadow of an old Hungarian village church this past summer, they were surrounded by a group of journalists from several countries. Krone invited members of the media to a large farm on the outskirts of that village to see […] Read more
Krone’s Premos 5000 is the first pelleting machine designed to to work in the field.
Machinery

Introducing the pellet harvester

Krone wins award at Agritechnica for its innovative new forage technology

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One of the machines on display at Agritechnica 2015 that impressed show judges enough to win a Gold Innovation Award was German manufacturer Krone’s Premos 5000 pellet harvester. Until now harvesting forages meant either baling or ensiling it. The Premos 5000 offers a third option, creating pellets right in the field. “We can handle it […] Read more

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