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Video: Harvester testing

Kondinin Group chats to AGCO about the Fendt Ideal 9T harvester during recent testing.

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 The IDEAL harvester will be sold in Australia as a Fendt.

The IDEAL harvester will be sold in Australia as a Fendt. | Credits: Mark Saunders, Kondinin Group.

Kondinin Group recently tested a Fendt Ideal 9T harvester for capacity and grain loss near Griffith, NSW. Kondinin Group researcher, Mark Saunders,  discusses a key feature of the harvester with AGCO harvester specialist Philipp Ashton.

The results of the testing will be published this year, so keep an eye out in the Research Reports section of Farming Ahead online, or sign-up to the Farming Ahead newsletter to ensure you are notified when it is published. 

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