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Two former farmers who preferred to build machinery rather than battle drought, have taken out the Best Australian Manufactured Machine of the Year at Henty Machinery Field Days. Dallas and Kaidan Boyd (pictured with their award) from West Wyalong built a shed on their farm earlier this year, called themselves Clear Ridge Fabrication, and started building seed and fertiliser bins that allow full segregation on the various inputs that farmers use at sowing time each year. They have already sold a few and say the beauty of the unit is that it can be mounted on one truck rather than using two or three which is what they used to do. #hentyfielddays #hmfd2019 #henty #machinery (at Henty Machinery Field Days) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2lIdwjFT9J/?igshid=o3zsqi1aieu0

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Henty - the home of the header - displaying 60 years advancement in technology, from the 1959 Claas Super 500 in the antique machinery exhibit, to the absolute latest - the Claas Lexion 8000/7000 series - one of the highest capacity harvesters in the world. Launched today at Henty Machinery Field Days, the latest in the Lexion range is a redesign of earlier models, giving it 10% more capacity. One of the major selling features is the hybrid combination of threshing and grain separation, plus an acceleration system increasing crop flow to the threshing drum. In heavy crops it can harvest up to 1000 tonnes of grain per day, which can make up to a million loaves of bread - enough to feed the city of Sydney every day! How much dough - about $780,000 will set you up, complete with front! You saw it first at HMFD. #hentyfielddays #hmfd2019 #henty #machinery #fielddays #claas #claaslexion @claas @_claas_lexion_ @claasharvestcentre #harvester #farm #farmer #farmers #nofarmersnofood (at Henty Machinery Field Days) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2kpsy9lEQH/?igshid=suqat2ppho0d

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Crowd numbers increasing each day, so expecting a big one as the gates open to the final day of Henty Machinery Field Days 2019. Please allow some extra travel time and get the card ready for the traditional buyers afternoon specials today! #hentyfielddays #hmfd2019 #henty #machinery #farmersmarket (at Henty Machinery Field Days) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2ke0iGFPgM/?igshid=5e9ihsdbbhg2

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A new video of the history of grain handling, titled ‘Bags to Bulk’ was launched at Henty Machinery Field Days, amongst a backdrop of historic wheat bag handling equipment. It was made by Ross Harmer of West Wyalong Movies (below). With modern day headers carrying more than 200 bags and large mobile bins up to 2,000 bags of wheat it’s a long way from individual bags loaded by hand or horses. An original hydraulic cylinder, invented from windmill parts to drive a manual bag loader, was on display at Henty. It was invented by Cliff Bowd of Canowindra and his grandson, Rod Bowd (pictured with the hydraulic ram) told the audience some of the history that led to the G-Well bag loader and later hay and wool bale loaders. There was also a display of bag sewing and skewers from days gone by. #henty #machinery #antiquemachinery #hentyfielddays #hmfd2019 #bagloader #westwyalongmovies (at Henty Machinery Field Days) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2i7iXAFn3K/?igshid=k0li5gttxmub