At the end of July, a 1968 Claas Senator combine returned to field operations on a Suffolk farm.
The machine was the 200,000th harvester built by the company and was personally handed over to Scottish farmer John Steven by August Claas.
In 2025, after working for decades, it was returned to Claas UK and underwent a restoration by the technical services team. Many of the parts were still available from the Claas World Parts centre at Hamm.
On the 26th of July, the combine returned to the field, harvesting 20t of wheat in just over five hours for George and Freddie Gittus in Suffolk. Its progress was monitored by the Claas digital team via Claas connect.
Five days later, it moved to Little Saxham to land still farmed by the Mann family, who started importing Claas machinery in the 1930s. Three generations of Claas machines worked side by side, with a 1953 Claas SF, the Senator and a modern Trion 720.