Farming action in the Lower Rhine Plain (Germany)

[Richard de Florennes]

some more pictures of another scene captured last week, also posted now out of sequence (there are some more in-between sightings missing), as the farmer wants these pictures too:

two Fendts harvesting sugar beets in the nowadays were rare two-stage system here in Germany: one quipped with KLEINE topper and Marout six-row lifter, the other one with Kleine/Bleinroth tanker loader ...

[Richard de Florennes]

some more:

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also publiched out of sequence now, as Grimme wants to get hold of my best pictures of that particular day: first demonstration of the brand new Grimme "Rootster" two-phase sugarbeet harvesting system in our region, just a few miles away from home:

[Richard de Florennes]

for all interested in buying the real thing: I was informed by Grimme that the price tag is some 20.000 to 25.000 Euro for the front-mounted inline topper and some 80.000 Euro for the harvester. If you want hydraulic driven oval wheels like in the pictures (recommended for heavy ground conditions) instead of the ground driven oval wheels for lifting the beets add some 20.000 Euro.

[marshman]

Brillant pictures your a brillant photographer as well as tractor hunter  Really nice, looks a lot diffenet over there as there isnt much farm action going on here at the moment, waiting for some Maize to be havested but its just to wet.

[Richard de Florennes]

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[Richard de Florennes]

[jcb4cxkid]

nice photography its not a cheap setup then  :o

[Light Land]

Wonderfull pictures,wonderfull kit,wonderfull place.

[dwain]

there realy nice pic's there mate dont see much kit like that round my way.

[Richard de Florennes]

back to the right order of things: On Sunday, 19 October I found this Holmer operating just a few yards away from home:

[Richard de Florennes]

also seen that very Sunday:

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finally seen at late afternoon when returning from a family visit was this carrot harvesting scene. Just 15 minutes spent on the field resulted in pictures like these:

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[Richard de Florennes]

we have now reached Monday October 20: Here is a wheat drilling scene.

[Richard de Florennes]

[Richard de Florennes]

operated by the same farmer and seen just a few miles away was this corn harvesting scene:

[archtech]

great photos yet again.... its interesting to see how things are done on the continent compared to Ireland

[Richard de Florennes]

thanks for the feedback, so I am a lucky bastard to live in this area by pure chance ;-)

Some more:

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[ertlerik]

Very nice, great to see that Grimme sugerbeet harvester, and the carrot harvest.

Erik.

[BC]

You never cease to amaze me RDF because your scenes and pictures just seem to get better and better ;)

[Richard de Florennes]

Finally seen that day after crossing the river Rhine back to the Western side: harvesting carrots. while this time the roots are carried away by a trailer, most parts of the harvest are stored on the field, covered in walls of plastic coats, straw and earth ...