Volto hay tedders

New hay tools come west from Claas

Volto tedders and Disco mower conditioners will be available for 2025

Early in 2024, Claas introduced its new Volto hay tedders and Disco mower conditioners to the European market. The company announced this fall it intends to make those implements available to North American producers in time for the 2025 season. There are two Volto models, the 1300 and 1500, which are available in T or […] Read more

Kuhn North America has introduced its new FC 61 TC and TL mower conditioner line with several improvements.

New mower conditioners from Kuhn

The FC 61 TC and TL lines include several design updates

Kuhn North America has introduced its “next generation” of mower conditioners. The brand says the new FC 61 TC and TL series machines include several design improvements and are capable of delivering a broader range of windrow widths. To keep crop flowing smoothly through them, the new Optidisc Elite cutterbar uses a flat, streamlined profile […] Read more


The new Kuhn 301 hay merger is designed to work with mower conditioners that have nine- to 18-foot working widths.

New hay mergers from Kuhn

The 01 series models are available in working widths up to 42 feet

Packing as much material as possible into a baler in the shortest amount of time helps maximize the feed quality of bales that come out the back end of it. When balers pound away at hay inside their chambers, leaf material is lost — and that is the best part of the feed. Merging swaths […] Read more

The MC4500 brings the maximum cutting width in Vermeer’s line of of mower-conditioners to 15 feet.

A larger mower conditioner from Vermeer

The MC4500 pushes the brand’s widest cutting width to 15 feet

Vermeer announced in September that it was stretching the maximum cutting width on its line of mower conditioner models to 15 feet. To do that it introduced the new MC4500, which becomes the fourth and widest model in the brand’s mo-co line. “The MC4500 mower conditioner brings more size, speed, versatility and reliability to the […] Read more


Mower conditioner farm implement

Vermeer introduces a mower-conditioner line

The company is making a move to be a stronger player in the forage and biomass equipment marketplace

Vermeer, one of the earliest companies to be involved with round baler technology, has announced it intends to increase its presence in the global forage and biomass equipment market. The company wants to introduce new products related to “The collection, transportation, handling and processing of various biomass materials for power generation and/or production of second […] Read more