New Holland showed Scottish farmers its take on the future of rotary combining at a well-attended field event at Arbroath, last week.

The sun shone on Dickmontlaw Farms as the company demonstrated its flagship narrow and wide-bodied rotary combine harvesters on Ian Stirling’s unit at an event organised by local dealer, Agricar. Visitors from as far afield as Ireland got to see New Holland’s flagship CR10.90 in action equipped with a 41-foot header.

The demo combine was equipped with an innovative system of automation, IntelliSense, that enabled it to set itself, adjusting forward speed, threshing and cleaning systems to adapt to changing conditions in the field with no input from the operator.

“IntelliSense will be available on all CR rotary combines for next year’s harvest,” said Nigel Honeyman, New Holland’s combine harvester product specialist. “With both the investment and potential that these machines now present, a system that can help inexperienced operators and seasoned veterans alike get the utmost from the machine – particularly in the pressured weather constraints that Scottish farmers face – is welcome.”

Dickmontlaw’s arable manager, David Martin, commented: “I was suitable impressed with the combine’s performance as it made an effortless job of the 32.5ha field of Revelation wheat, with a total of 391.680 tonnes put across the weighbridge at average moisture of 18.7%, and 77.6kg/hl.

“This year, we have had an exceptionally good harvest, both with quality of grain and yields achieved, with the added bonus of a large percentage of crops being harvested at low moisture and finishing wheat harvest 10 days earlier than previous years.”