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.
Launched at Agritechnica 2007, the Kuhn Moduliner is a new combination drilling rig that includes the option of fitting an eight-row precision seeder.
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Austrian machinery manufacturer Pöttinger has announced a raft of new kit that it plans to introduce at the Grassland & Muck Event, Stoneleigh on May 21/22 (www.grasslandevent.co.uk).
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Deere & Co has announced today (April 2nd, 2008) that it has signed an agreement with the Russian government to invest about $80m in a distribution, parts and training facility in the Kaluga region, 38 miles south west of Moscow.
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The profi international website now features a free 'video' section, where users can view film footage of some of the machines we've recently test-driven, such as the Fendt TriSix tractor.
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Replacing its Giga Vitesse forage wagon with the Giga Vitesse Duo, Strautmann becomes the latest manufacturer to market its forage wagons as dual-purpose machines: A conventional forage wagon; or a high-capacity self-unloading silage trailer.
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Sunshine Agriculture, importer for Italian Tonutti and Danish CMN equipment for the UK, will be demonstrating a Tonutti Millennium V20 fingerwheel rake on its demo plot at Grassland/Muck 2008 (May 21/22, Stoneleigh Park).
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Same Deutz-Fahr UK is to take over distribution of Deutz-Fahr products for Ireland from previous importer IAM, which has held the franchise since 1977.
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German drill/cultivator specialist Horsch has revealed 2007 turnover figures of more than €100m for the first time, at €103.5m, up 46% on the previous year.
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French firm Sulky, whose UK importer is RECO, has launched a new 4m folding TRW version of its Maxidrill, to add to the 3m and 6m models already offered.
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Japanese tractor maker Kubota is set to unveil a new series of mid-hp ag tractors at the Grassland/Muck event (May 21/22, Stoneleigh) to replace its ME line-up.
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East Anglian machinery rings Eastern Agri-link and Norfolk & Waveney Machinery Ring (NWMR) have announced that they are discussing merger proposals with their members.
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Yorks-based tillage equipment manufacturer SW Agriservices, which markets its equipment - including the Trio - under the Sumo brand, has expanded its dealer coverage with the appointment of Root Systems, a trading division of Grimme UK, to its sales network.
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Krone has developed a starter mechanism for its Big Pack square balers to reduce stress on the baler driveline - and hence the tractor - when powering up the baler.
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Geoffrey Davies, managing director of Alamo Group Europe Ltd and vice president of Alamo Inc (USA), is the new president of the Agricultural Engineers Association.
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Nissan is the latest firm to acknowledge that there is still a market for the no-frills workhorse and, as such, has recently launched its NP300 pick-up range, which comes in below the company’s top-selling Navara in both price and spec.
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Two JCB companies - one manufactures backhoe loaders, the other provides aftermarket support to global customers – have been honoured with Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.
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Amazone has announced a ‘Speed Spraying’ package for its UX range of trailed sprayers, which can provide up to 530 litres/min capacity for fertiliser spraying.
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Chafer spray packs used on the Challenger RoGator 418 and 618 sprayers, are now being sold in an exclusive arrangement through the Challenger dealer network in the UK.
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Wilfred Scruton Ltd, with depots at Foxholes and Riccall, is the new Valtra dealer for the Yorkshire area from Whitby in the north, the Humber estuary to the south, and west towards Leeds.
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Provided it meets the international EN 14214 standard or equivalent, B100 (100%) biodiesel can now be used in machines fitted with Tier III John Deere PowerTech Plus or PowerTech E engines, as well as in engines of earlier designs, says Deere Power Systems.
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'The first pre-stretched film that can be used on a conventional wrapper without changes in gears or settings' is Volac International's claim for its new Topwrap 2000 silage film.
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