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Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of potato & root machinery.
June 7, 2025
B H Savidge & Son streamlines potato planting process: The UK approach to planting potatoes is largely a one size fits all method, varying conditions dictate speed rather than how much metal is in the…
March 14, 2025
REPORT: British contractor David J Black & Sons three refurbished Ropa Tigers lift around 2,300ha of sugar beet a season.
February 14, 2025
PRACTICAL TEST: Last spring we were able to gain some first-hand experience with a four-row Prios Pro, Grimme’s latest planter.
February 14, 2025
REPORT: Danish potato grower Henning Thybo has a keen interest in developing specialist equipment for his own farm and has joined forces with manufacturers to find machinery solutions for the crop against a background of…
February 14, 2025
REPORT: Contractor J P Plowright & Son runs the only nine-row Vervaet self-propelled sugar beet harvester in the UK. The business also has a six-row machine and two self-propelled chasers, so you can see there…
January 17, 2025
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Although only 20% of the latest Ropa RK22 has changed, those design mods allow even more adjustment options on the two-row potato harvester. The hydraulics and software architecture have benefited from big advances,…
December 1, 2024
REPORT: F & T L Stanier have just completed their second 1,250 tonne climate controlled potato store, ready for the 2024 harvest. The store is bang up to date with mobile connectivity for crop condition…
October 1, 2024
REPORT: We’ve been to Rieste, the German home of Grimme self-propelled potato and sugar beet harvesters, to see how they are made and discuss future plans for the plant.
October 1, 2024
REPORT: An autonomous harvester being developed by a UK start up could solve labour shortages which threaten the crop.
May 1, 2024
REPORT: Büngener Schuder — cabbage harvesting: Bright headsnow with Ultra-Flow. We're not talking about the cabbage heads that are being harvested here, but about cousins Josef Büngener and Martin Schuder, who have cleverly pooled their…
September 22, 2023
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Developed from the well-established Terra Dos T4-40, the Holmer Terra Dos 5 has shed some weight and has a host of tweaks to help reduce operating costs. There are two core models in…
