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Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of drills and planters.
July 3, 2026
PRACTICAL TEST: The Solitair DT is Lemken’s latest play at the competitive cultivator drill market. One of the big plus points of the ‘Drill Trailed’ is its flexibility, which we were able to put to…
June 8, 2026
REPORT: The last time we visited Kent grower Guy Eckley, he was focussed on adopting controlled traffic farming and direct drilling strategies. Nearly 11 years later, we caught up with this forward-thinking grower to see…
May 28, 2026
REPORT: For one Essex grower, machinery buying decisions are based around capacity and technology for both its sprayer and drill, as it seeks to boost timeliness with all aspects of fieldwork to make the most…
June 8, 2026
REPORT: One of the smaller countries in Europe, Slovenia’s farmers are also equally small-scale. We visited three of the larger full-time farms that follow a min-till approach.
May 15, 2026
REPORT: We return to Brixworth Farming, a 2,000ha arable joint venture business based in Northamptonshire with six farms operating in collaboration to see how it has adapted to changes over the last six years.
February 16, 2026
TUNING: When it comes to cultivators and drills, it seems there is lots of potential for on-farm tweaks and mods. Sönke Schulz has been through the profi back catalogue to pick out some of the…
February 15, 2026
USED MACHINERY: Horsch launched its Maestro precision ‘single grain’ planters back in 2011, trailed SW models with a choice of 12-, 16-, 18- or 24-rows were available by the time these started to arrive in…
February 14, 2026
DRIVING IMPRESSION: The Tempo set off from the racing blocks 14 years ago. Now there's a new generation that aims to shift things up another gear.
February 13, 2026
PRACTICAL TEST: For its new generation of Matrix precision planters, Grimme has listened to customer feedback. We noticed lots of significant improvements over the Gen I version in our exclusive practical test.
January 19, 2026
PRACTICAL TEST: A boss is expected to have leadership qualities. Our test candidate showed it excelled in some areas, yet there was still work to do in others.
October 27, 2025
REPORT: The major European machinery event makes a return next month having last taken place in 2023. And if the huge number of new tractors and machinery already announced is anything to go by, this…
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