Pasture seed harvesting in the 21st century

IT’S ALMOST 60 years since the current fleet of pasture seed harvesters were invented but a new project aims to change that in the next few years.

An update of the Horwood-Bagshaw pasture seed harvester is on the agenda for a team of UWA researchers. Photo: Kevin Foster

04 September 2019
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In 1961, Holden was making EK sedans and utes. That was also the year Horwood-Bagshaw (HB) released their revolutionary air vacuum (suction) pasture seed harvester.

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