Mowing should be clean so as not to break the stems (allowing faster regrowth and limiting disease development), raking and baling must be very gentle to limit the loss of leaves. Hay is well suited for cultivation in arid areas, as long as its quality is not threatened by rain.

Cut quality:

With the new Max Cut CLAAS mower bar, we can now offer you a disc mower having the same quality cut as a sickle bar mower, used historically in the US or in our regions.
The new Max Cut Claas cutter bar allows better coverage between the disks and higher speed, meaning a clean cut without damaging the stems.
This cutterbar has the double advantage of having a very high working speed (up to 20km / h in alfalfa), and needing very little maintenance thanks to its design and very robust parts.
> More information on the Max cut cutterbar...

• Trailed mowers range

• Mowers from 8m to 10,70m wide

Conditioners:

To increase the drying speed hence a reduction in the time between mowing and baling forage, ICS has adopted the use of conditioners. Beyond reducing the time for baling, this technique also allows a second cut for some forage such as alfalfa. For alfalfa, we only recommend the roller conditioner systems which maintain feed quality without loss of leaves.

A disc mower and conditioner (the most aggressive possible) is highly suited. In very dry and arid conditions, a conditioner is usually unnecessary.

The case of Rhodes Grass

In our regions, Rhodes Grass is a very common forage grass, posing in general problems at harvest time because its yield can sometimes be extremely high. Many mowing systems are not able to cope with such high yields.

Together with Claas, we have proved that it is possible to harvest Rhodes Grass with a 155HP tractor at relatively high speeds (12km / h), and at a working width of 8m! This represents real savings for our customers!

The Sun Wheel rakes with independent sun wheels are now known to cause the least loss of leaves (and quality) for harvesting leguminous plants.

ICS recommends

In fact, without this pressure adjustment system, the wheels become too aggressive for the crop and tend to cause damage. Competing systems when they are so equipped, are very expensive.

Their system without a PTO shaft and without hydraulic drive is very simple and requires very little maintenance. Productivity is almost doubled compared to other systems on the market, despite a much lower price than competing machines!

For raking hay ICS recommends the use of rotary rakes, such as those from the CLAAS 'Liner' range.

Grasses, including Rhodes Grass can reach much higher yields than alfalfa. To facilitate baling it is important that the windrows are consistent and relatively compact, this is not possible with independent star-wheel rakes.

This will increase productivity during baling making better shaped and more uniform bales.

Balers for small square bales: 36x49cm with adjustable length from 0.5 to 1.2m => bales between 12 and 35kg.

We suggest in this case the use of CLAAS MARKANT 55 balers, which are famous for their robustness and ease of maintenance.

120x70cm with adjustable length => Between 300 and 500kg

We work with CLAAS QUADRANT balers:

The new Quadrant baler range permits: increasing work speed, higher bale density and better shaped bales (bales more stable during stacking or transport).

The new knotter system is more robust and equipped with tension sensors thus achieving maximum density without reaching the breaking point of the twine.

• Quadrant 4200: 120x70cm without a pre-compression chamber and standard channel length
• Quadrant 5200: 120x70cm, reinforced chassis, channel length increased by 12%, with a pre-compression chamber. These presses can reach very high densities and very high productivity!
• Quadrant 5300: 120x90cm, with adjustable length => Up to 800kg

We also supply round balers. These are generally easier to use and require less maintenance. They are mostly used when the crop is consumed locally and not exported (the volume of containers is not optimized with round bales). We can offer you various origins to suit your needs (maintenance, bale sizes, density, type of feed, etc.).