EVERYTHING from its latest forage harvester to a humble tedder were on show for the first time at Grassland 2018 by Claas.

The popularity of the Jaguar forage harvester always attracts a large crowd at grassland demonstrations and this year visitors got to see the latest 775hp Jaguar 970 fitted with the new pick-up 300 header.

New features on it and shared with the top-of-the-range Jaguar 980 include a continuously variable drive transmission, which uses a combination of a mechanical and hydraulic drive to provide high power transmission at a constant speed.

This is claimed to up the ante on optimal control when powering attachments such as the Direct Disc or maize headers.

An option is a continuously variable front attachment drive that automatically adjusts the front attachment speed relative to the chop length, for a more even crop flow and improved chop quality.

There's also a new hydraulic clamping system for the shearbar, improvements to the sharpening system and automatic concave adjustment.

New running gear allows Jaguars to hit 40kph at just 1300rpm, thus reducing fuel use on the road.

In the silage pit at Grassland was the first working UK display of the Torion wheeled loader. Powered by a 195hp Leibherr four-cylinder engine, the Torion 1812 has a tipping load capacity of 11 tonnes and an operating weight of 18.7 tonnes.

Drive is through a split-power CVT C-Matic transmission, which is a first for a machine of this type.

Long servicing intervals also means that running costs are kept low.

The new four-rotor Volto 55 tedder includes innovations such as the Permalink drive and the Max Spread crop flow concept, previously only available on larger models in the range.

It has a working width of 5.2m making it ideal for use in combination with 2.1m or 3m wide Disco mowers on small to medium sized farms.