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Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of drills and planters.
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…
June 5, 2025
PRACTICAL TEST: Compact and lighter in weight, the HRB 303 power harrow, and more specifically the Venta 330 drill, combination is also cheaper. So, where’s the catch? We used this 3.0m one-pass last season to…
June 4, 2025
NEWS: Cereals takes place in Lincolnshire this year, at Roy Ward Farms near Sleaford. There’s the usual mix of crop plots, seminars and arable machinery, with some working demonstrations thrown in for variety. Tickets and…
May 9, 2025
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Customer demand for a tine drill has led Grange Machinery to develop the TDT with four rows of coulters. We caught up with the widest version, the Tine-Drill Toolbar 6m.
April 11, 2025
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Since last year, GST has been offering its rotary hose with an optional seeder and front hopper. We check out the 12m combination in action.
March 14, 2025
PRACTICAL TEST: Following on from last month’s front hopper and fertiliser accuracy test, here our attention is on the planters as we assess their seed singling and placement accuracy along with their technical differences and…
March 14, 2025
USED MACHINERY: Sumo DTS seed drill: Affordable versatile drilling? Sumo began development of its DTS ‘Deep Tillage Seeder’ drills back in 2007, with production models reaching the market in 2011. The DTS replaced the Versadrill,…
February 14, 2025
PRACTICAL TEST: Thanks to their faster work rates, precision planters with overpressure singling are becoming the go-to for maize sowing work. We compared front-rear combinations from Amazone, Horsch, Kverneland and Väderstad. In part one, our…
February 14, 2025
TECHNICAL: This spring Amazone introduced the Fertispot option for its Precea drills. This system places the granules in metered portions next to the seed.
February 14, 2025
USED MACHINERY: In the UK, the trailed 6.0m Köckerling Jockey drill has a strong following. Based around the company’s Allrounder cultivator, this simple tine drill is well suited to working into min-til and cultivated ground.…
January 17, 2025
REPORT: Justifying ever increasing machinery prices can be tough when there are plenty of other outgoings to consider. Add to this an enthusiasm for building farm equipment and developing his own min-till drill was a…
