Bernhard Högner: “The system is extremely tolerant”

10. November 2020

Happy without the plough Feature by Andreas Frangenberg The Wolfmair Farm in Bavaria, dates back to as far as 1200 when it was first mentioned in a deed. Since 1647, it has been the home of the Wolfmair family. The present manager is Bernhard Högner whose philosophy...

Eike Zschoche: “Very reliable – especially in wet crops“

15. September 2020

“Unconventionally successful” Feature by Andreas Frangenberg Manager of a 400ha farm, successful breeder of Harzer Rotes Höhenvieh cattle, grass seed propagator, qualified butcher and a farmer who is committed to direct drilling and ammonium-enriched Cultan fertiliser...

Bernd Clasen: “An extraordinarily smooth and quiet-running system”

23. August 2020

A ‘trial farmer’ by conviction Feature by Andreas Frangenberg Bernd Clasen has been the farm manager at Matthiesen Ackerbau in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania since 1991. His appreciation for the Schumacher cutting system dates back to his early...

Steffen Peil on “minimizing harvest losses”

10. August 2020

“I’m a farm machinery fanatic” Report by Andreas Frangenberg Steffen Peil runs a 150-hectare arable farm in partnership with his father in the Zülpicher Börde, a lowland plain in the southern part of North Rhine-Westphalia. One of his specialist areas is...

Retrofitting EasyCut

28. July 2020

Rob Ewoldt: ‘When someone tells you about a ‘day and night difference’ Robert Ewoldt is a corn and soybean farmer in Iowa. He also is Director of the Iowa Soybean Association since 2015, and he had his ears wide open when friends told him about the...

Making the difference …

13. July 2020

Stan Kading and his two sons Ash and Alex farm about 6,000 acres of corn, 6,000 acres of soybeans, and an astonishing 500 acres of grassed waterways in Iowa. They have been using Schumacher harvesting technology for almost a quarter of a century – and just don’t see...