April 20, 2025
Yordi Freriks Miniloonwerker: Beat the big rush
REPORT: Showing that you don’t always need big kit, Yordi Freriks is a service provider for cities, municipalities and private customers. We experience slurry spreading on a small scale
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Fertiliser spreaders
Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of fertiliser spreaders.
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April 20, 2025
Haworth Agricultural Contractors: Extra cost but bigger benefits
REPORT: Helping its customers to realise the full value of slurry, Cumbrian firm Haworth Agricultural Contractors has invested in Near Infra-Red (NIR) sensing to improve application accuracy for umbilical slurry spreading, creating traceability and compliance…
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March 14, 2025
Bredal, Denmark: Spreading the word on bulk
REPORT: The UK is an important market for Bredal’s lime and fertiliser spreaders, with the K105 being the most popular model. We’ve been to Denmark to see how it, and other models, are made and…
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January 17, 2025
Amazone ZA-TS 5000 fertiliser spreader: Big, bigger ZA-TS
PRACTICAL TEST: With its nominal volume of 5,000 litres, the Amazone ZA-TS 5000 is a big lump of a mounted spreader. This makes it perfect for spreading light urea, although heavy fertilisers also fall within…
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December 10, 2024
Classic border spreading versus mid-mount deflectors
TECHNICAL: How can fertiliser distribution along field boundaries be optimised? Deula Nienburg has compared longstanding side-mounted border spreading systems with ones using a central deflector.
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November 1, 2024
Horsch Leeb Xeric 14FS: Fertiliser rethink
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Horsch Leeb is hoping to put its mark on the pneumatic fertiliser spreader market with its first machine. And it's big. We take an early look at the Xeric in the field.
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November 1, 2024
Kverneland Exacta Geospread twin-disc fertiliser spreaders: Get the right spec
USED MACHINERY: There may well be a fair number of Kverneland Exacta fertiliser spreaders on the used market, more so if you also consider their Vicon RotaFlow stablemates as an alternative buy. The Exacta Geospread…
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November 1, 2024
Border spreading systems — Part 1:To the line
TECHNICAL: There are various solutions for precisely spreading granular fertiliser along field boundaries. Ulrich Lossie, from Deula Nienburg, gives this low-down.
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November 1, 2024
DJI Agras T50 spraying and spreading drone: Up and away
TECHNICAL: The DJI Agras T50 is currently the largest spraying and spreading drone available. We watched the T50 take to the sky in Germany.
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November 1, 2024
One-person lime spreading system: Studied and tested
REPORT: For his degree thesis, Michael Horlacher stayed close to what he knows, focusing on lime application at his contracting business. This is the result.
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August 1, 2024
Kumm KTR 20.5 slurry tanker: Top-spec tanker
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Is there really room in the market for another slurry tanker maker, especially at the top end of the pricing ladder? We take a look at Kumm’s KTR 20.5 which is currently doing…
