Harvester, type of heavy vehicle employed in cut-to-length logging operations for felling, delimbing and bucking trees. A harvester is typically employed together with a forwarder that hauls the logs to a roadside landing.
Farmers today are harvesting crops during the short peak maturity period in an effort to increase yield per hectare, and harvester productivity plays a key role in this. This is increasingly common practice as farms increase in size and farmers come under pressure to carry on in less than optimal weather conditions. During wheat harvests, today’s machinery covers six hectares an hour, compared with just one in 1965.
Low prices and low yields have taken the fun out of harvest for Willamette Valley grass seed growers, some of whom are reporting yields off 50 percent.
Claas and John Deere dominate the self-propelled forage harvester market in the Republic of Ireland. New Holland trails behind in third place, with decidedly smaller numbers. However, it should be noted that New Holland's position is stronger north of the border. Krone has also entered the fray, but has yet to make its presence felt in the south.
Schaeffler has an enviable reputation amongst designers of agricultural machinery for providing reliable, high quality, maintenance-free bearing solutions.
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