Welcome to the website of the magazine Profi, one of the leading professional magazines about agricultural technology. The website contains news about agricultural machinery, a broad online proposal with a lot of useful information and experience, as well as extensive tests and valuations of all sorts of farm machinery, an online discussion forum, tractor reviews and a lot more. There is also the ability to browse the archive for older articles with the possibility to download these.
UK tractor sales (over 50hp) in the first six months of 2008, at 9,267 units, were up 15.2% on the same period in 2007, according to the Agricultural Engineers' Association (AEA).
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Poor wrapping and/or handling can dramatically reduce a silage/haylage bale’s value, according to Graham Robson, technical manager of wrap firm UAT.
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Massey Ferguson is introducing two new combine harvester families, plus additional models at the top and bottom of its 'entry' Activa line, for harvest 2009.
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Built in Canada, the AerWay soil aeration and tillage machine is said to be equally effective at improving the condition of grass or arable ground, and it can also be used to apply slurry.
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Claas has completed its takeover of the Renault tractor business with the purchase of the remaining 20% of Renault Agriculture that it did not already own.
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Claimed to be the first show of its kind, and one which will cover all aspects of farm energy use - ways to save it, equipment to reduce its use, and even ways to generate it - the Farm Energy Event is to take place on Tuesday 25th November at Newark Showground.
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While farmers may this season be looking more closely at netwrap prices given the rise in oil costs, its value needs to be weighed against that of the crop it protects, suggests wrap specialist UAT.
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McCormick's MC Power6 compact six-cyl tractors are now fitted with a new 6.7-litre BetaPower engine, in place of the previous electronic 6.0-litre unit.
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Just click on the 'For your brief video tour of...' tab at the bottom right of this web page to view machines such as the Case IH Quadtrac/JF trailed forager and New Holland SP in action.
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RTK auto-steering correction for less than £10,000, is the claim from Soilessentials for the mojoRTK package that it’s distributing on behalf of Swiss firm Leica Geosystems.
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One of the major product announcements at the Cereals Event (today, June 11 and tomorrow, June 12) was New Holland's return to the artic tractor market with the T9000 range (335-535hp).
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