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Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of drills and planters.
May 21, 2016
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Kverneland has stuck some extra rubber under its six- and eight-row trailed precision seeders. The updates don’t just stop there, though, as we reveal in this Optima TF Profi workout
February 4, 2016
DRIVING IMPRESSION: When it comes to building seed drills Köckerling has resolutely stuck with tines — Ultima, Jockey etc. Now, though, the firm has added a disc drill to its seeder family. A ‘me too’…
September 22, 2020
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Great Plains has boosted its drill line-up with more versions of its Saxon - a low disturbance seeder with near direct drill characteristics. We took a closer look at a 4.0m model to…
December 4, 2015
If you previously wanted a 3.0m drill from the Väderstad stable, your only choice was limited to the old-school box drill Rapid. But now there is another option — a new-look, new generation of Spirit…
April 15, 2015
Lemken showed its Azurit precision drill concept at the previous Agritechnica. Here’s some background on the machine and a look at its Delta Row technology
February 11, 2015
A decade ago it appeared the drill was the next machine to get the self-propelled treatment when Lemken unveiled its Brillant 600 at the 2003 Agritechnica show. Taken to Hanover to test the water, the…
November 5, 2014
On the market for over 20 years and still a bread and butter product for Väderstad, the Rapid drill has been subjected to several tweaks by the Swedish manufacturer. But that’s not to say the…
September 18, 2014
Bring together a power harrow and a trailed drill and what do you get? A new breed of universal drill. Lemken’s Compact Solitair 9/300 Z10 is one of a very select group. We find out…
December 21, 2013
October 12, 2012
USED MACHINERY: If the once ubiquitous Massey MF30 dominated UK drill sales in the 1970s, then the 1980s Accord DA, perched atop a power harrow, was its nemesis. The power harrow drill went on to…
April 21, 2012
USED MACHINERY In 2002, Jeff Claydon and his team built ten of his then new V-Drill direct drills; a decade on, and the concept has evolved through SR to current Hybrid designs. Today, Claydon drills…
