Claas launches new Jaguar 1000 series of forage harvesters
12th September 2025
Claas has announced the launch of four new forage harvesters from the Jaguar 1000 series. They enable throughput capacities of up to 480 tonnes per hour with the widest crop flow on the market, new front attachments and pioneering driver assistance, the manufacturer confirmed.
Claas said that the Jaguar 1000’s features include the widest crop flow on the market, fully hydraulic pre-compression, uncompromising and homogeneous chop quality, the large corncracker, the drive concept with two independent variable front attachment drives, new high-throughput Pick Up and Orbis front attachments, leading driver assistance systems, maximum comfort, contemporary connectivity, the new Nutrimeter, as well as a strong chassis with a high-traction and ground-protecting drive.
A spokesperson for the manufacturer said: “The shortest lengths of cut and difficult harvesting conditions with tough crops pose a challenge for the crop flow of forage harvesters.
“With this in mind, Claas has developed the widest crop flow channel on the market for the Jaguar 1000 in conjunction with a new pre-compression system.
“The four pre-compression rollers work with a fully hydraulic pre-compression system and thus enable a uniform crop flow regardless of the layer thickness. This guarantees uniform feeding of the V-flex chopping cylinder and thus ensures maximum throughput with homogeneous chop quality and optimum overall efficiency of the machine.”
Multi Crop Cracker
In 2024, Class introduced the innovative V-Flex chopping cylinder for the Jaguar 900.
The manufacturer explained that thanks to its 910 mm width, the Jaguar 1000 now offers even more space and inertia for maximum throughputs and continuous crop flow even at the highest swath thicknesses, for example, in the harvest of whole crop silage.
“The crop is cut even more efficiently thanks to the steep knife angle of 10 degrees. This is not only noticeable in the excellent chop quality but also in the reduced noise level.
“Throughput levels of up to 480t/h require effective centre punching and residual plant processing in silage maize harvesting. The Jaguar 1000 is ideally equipped for this thanks to the Multi Crop Cracker XL.
“Available either as the MCC XL Classic with a sawtooth profile with various teeth and a 40 percent speed difference or as the MCC XL Shredlage with a 50 percent speed difference, it offers a very large contact surface between the rollers with a 310mm roller diameter, ensuring excellent conditioning across the entire available chop length range and even at the highest throughput capacities.”
Orbis series
Within a few minutes, the AI-based programme determines the CSPS and transmits the result back to the smartphone, Claas confirmed.
Its team said that this saves time and enables the optimum setting of the corncracker for the respective conditions of use as the basis for maximum forage quality and efficiency.
The throwing accelerator has also been adapted to the increased output of the Jaguar 1000.
“Whether for chopping with a wide, concentrated throw or for short transfer distances to transport vehicles travelling alongside, the hydraulically adjustable gap of up to 60 mm by moving the accelerator towards the back panel allows the throw to be adjusted easily and increases the efficiency of the Jaguar,” the manufacturer said.
In maize harvesting, the new Orbis series with working widths of 9m and 10.5m (12 and 14 rows) is impressive, Claas said.
Another new feature here is the independent variable drive of the knife and transport discs as well as the feed drums for the best chopping quality in all harvesting conditions and lengths of cut.
“From the comfort of the cab, the operator can use Cemos Auto Header to adjust the speeds of the crop flow elements in harvesting mode to the length of cut and the driving speeds.
“The unique ground tracking is achieved with the well-proven Auto Contour system for all working widths. Three sensors detect uneven ground and adjust the preselected working height.
“For even more precise ground tracking, the Orbis 10500 uses actively controlled stabiliser wheels that ensure quick and smooth adjustments so that the ideal working height is always maintained regardless of the topography and forward speed.
“Thanks to the integrated automatic transport protection and transport chassis, safe and legal road transport below 3m (Orbis 9000) or 3.3m external width (Orbis 10500) is possible without lengthy set-up times,” the manufacturer added.
Nutrimeter sensor
Claas said that the Jaguar 1000 is equipped with Crmos Auto Crop Flow and Cemos Auto Performance for consistently optimum overall efficiency with maximum driver relief.
The manufacturer is also introducing the latest generation of the NIR sensor Nutrimeter with the Jaguar 1000.
“Thanks to precise real-time determination of the dry matter content, it not only enables precise yield recording and yield mapping, but also automatic chop length adjustment. This supports the best forage quality depending on the dry matter content and optimum compaction of the silage in the silo.
“In addition to dry matter content, the Nutrimeter also records other ingredients such as starch, crude protein and sugar content.,” Claas concluded.
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