New technology: Claas buys maize chop technology

Claas has acquired the Shredlage technology, patented by the US company of the same name.

Claas had the new MCC (Multi Crop Cracker) Shredlage crop processor for the Jaguar 900 range on display at the Lamma show in England last January, with the claim it could increase milk yield as much as two litres per cow.

The technology is a form of maize silage treatment used by increasing numbers of dairy cattle farmers in regions lacking in grassland.