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The fact that it never has to stop propels the Ultima into a class of its own.

After a decorated motorcycle racing career, Regari Contracting principal Craig Hage now spends his time running an agricultural contracting operation at Tanunda in the beautiful Barossa Valley.

Regari Contracting offers services in broadacre spraying, seeding and all things relating to hay and silage production.

It comes as no surprise, then, that he jumped at the opportunity to own the first non-stop round baler-wrapper combination in Australia, Krone’s Ultima CF 155 XC.

Producing bales of between 1.25 and 1.5 metres, it features an improved camless pick-up with rotor feeder and knife assembly.

He estimates it has boosted his hourly production of wrapped silage from 45 to 50 bales per hour to around 80

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