Ag life giant John Deere has unveiled a new 900 Series variable-chamber baler range for large livestock farms, according to Independent.ie.com.

The 960 and 990 models are the top new models unveiled and can produce bales of 0.8-1.6m 0.8-1.85m, respectively. The balers are for sale in either a non-chopper RotoFlow feeder rotor or chopper Maxicut rotor, with both 13 and 25 knife pre-cutters available as options.

The Fast Release system speeds up the bale ejection process and uses a curtain design to help improve efficiency for farmers. According to John Deere, this mechanism makes the machine ten seconds faster than previous models.

Another major change for the new model is that the net wrapping system is located in the front of the machine, which for those who are entrenched in farm life, means it's now much simpler to monitor the net-tying process.

Unfortunately, these new models will only be available in limited quantities for 2011, but will be available in all John Deere locations at the start of 2012.