HERFS/AUTUMN BONUS TYDSKRIF 2026

New Holland knows what it takes to produce the best quality silage. Enduring days in the field, ultimate control over the harvest from the comfort of the cab makes you want to keep filling trailers, non-stop, field after field. This is the FR650 experience. For feeding the four 860 mm wide feed rolls, it gives space to efficiently swallow even the largest volumes of crops. Anti-wrap filler sections on the top front feed roll help prevent wrapping in hay crops when backing out of the crop. Replaceable wear bars on both the upper and lower front feed rolls improve feeding and durability in tough harvesting conditions. In crop conditions where the feed rolls perform fast with rapid movements, the feed roll suspension dampening system provides a solution to reduce excessive travel speed. The result is a more productive and comfortable time harvesting, thanks to a more even travel of the feed rolls. New Holland’s RockAlert system provides automatic stone detection, by constantly monitoring feed roll movement. Any sudden rapid vertical movement of a roll triggers the system and stops the feed rolls within 300 milliseconds, after which the crop is automatically ejected by the power reverser. Featuring six detection zones, the New Holland MetaLoc™ system stops the feed rolls dead within 300 milliseconds of detecting metal in incoming crop, protecting both machine and livestock. The location of the foreign metal is identified on the IntelliView™ IV Plus display and the crop is automatically ejected by the power reverser. FR Forage Cruisers also feature the proven HydroLoc™ feed roll drive that guarantees constant chop length independent of throughput and crop type. HydroLoc™ provides on-the-go adjustment of LOC (length of cut). The feed rolls are driven by a powerful hydrostatic system that automatically matches their speed to the cutterhead’s speed and knife configuration, providing a consistent chop length, even under varying loads and speeds. Selected LOC is shown on the display and can be adjusted with a switch on the side console or directly in the IntelliView™ IV Plus display. FR Forage Cruiser with yield and moisture systems can also use the ActiveLOC™ system, which automatically varies LOC, based on changing moisture content of the crop to ensure even packing and proper ensiling. For crop processing the standard crop processing rolls supplied with New Holland FR Forage Cruiser harvesters utilise a proven sawtooth pattern for aggressive processing, to ensure virtually all kernels are cracked. They are available in four configurations, from 99 to 126 teeth, and speed differential from 22 to 30%. A 210° spout rotation enables trailers to be filled on both right and left sides and come back to the home position for safe transport. High strength, reinforced spout design results in precise filling and it fills the highest sided trailers thanks to a maximum of 6,4 m spout elevation handle. New Holland’s IntelliFill™ automatic trailer filling technology has been proven on Forage Cruiser machines across the world over many years. Now in its third incarnation, it permits true 210° filling, for easy viewing into the trailer whichever side it is on. A camera shows the operator what IntelliFill™ sees, overlayed with IntelliFill™ system info. There is no need to manually switch from side to rear filling. Leading in technology the real-time NutriSense™ NIR sensing along with the IntelliView™ IV Plus display is your window into the exact constituents of the crop coming into your machine. It displays and records a whole host of crop moisture and nutrient parameters in real time, including moisture, protein, fat, starch, neutral detergent fibre (NDF), and acid detergent fibre (ADF). Using the FR Forage Cruiser’s DGPS signal, this data can be recorded to produce nutrient content maps which can be uploaded automatically to FieldOps™, this is invaluable for tailoring inputs to maximise future yields. The FR650 Forage Cruiser comes standard equipped with ULTRAFEED™ grass pick-up and the Pro Series row independent maize header. NewHolland FR650 ForageCruiser: Power. Precision. Comfort. www.agribonus.co.za Herfs/Autumn 2026 BONUS 31