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Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of drills and planters.
January 12, 2007
It is six years since James de Havilland looked at the Väderstad Rapid within profi’s used machinery section. Here he returns to the Swedish drill which, as might be expected, has continued to evolve over…
June 7, 2006
Driving impression: Horsch Maistro 11RC precision drill Although not yet offered within the UK, Horsch's Maistro maize drill is currently enjoying its first full season of sales on the Continent, the results of which will…
March 9, 2005
Driving impression: Kverneland NG-S 301/DA-X combi unit Way back in 2002, Kverneland launched its DA-X air seeder, to be followed just a year later by the NG-S 101 power harrow. Couple up the pair, and…
January 21, 2006
Driving impression: Kverneland Accord MSC drill With one Accord After its launch in 2000, the original Accord MSC (Multi-Seed-Combination) drill went rather quiet in terms of its development, promotion – and its sales. But that,…
September 15, 2005
The 4m Simba Horsch 4 CO, together with its 3m 3 CO brother, went into series production in 1999. Although both models have recently been replaced by the essentially similar Sprinters, the COs still remain…
March 21, 2004
Driving impression: Great Plains NTA 1000 mulch/direct drill Out on the Plains Sold in red in the UK by Keith Rennie Machinery (KRM) we tried out the green European version of the Kansas-built Great Plains…
March 12, 2004
Practical test: Maschio/Gaspardo drill combination Not all combi drills cost £30000+ as can be seen on the technical data table at the bottom of this article. Yes you guessed it. This month's profi practical test…
May 9, 2003
USED MACHINERY: First introduced back in 1972, the Becker Aeromat precision pneumatic drill metering system ‘blows’ rather than ‘sucks’ seed into its cell wheels. With no plans for a replacement, this Aeromat theory remains popular…
November 15, 2002
Quality of planting work provided by the 3m wide mechanical seed drills from Amazone, Pöttinger, Howard, Lemken and Sulky came under the profi test spotlight last month. But other key attributes, such as machine design…
October 3, 2002
The first part of our comprehensive drill comparison looks at seed rate adjustment systems and seed placement accuracy. Here we test 3m drills from Amazone, Pöttinger, Howard, Lemken and French maker Sulky
November 10, 2001
Similar to the 6m wide Multi-Seedbed Combination (MSC) launched in 2000, a 4m model joined the Kverneland stable earlier this year. In the spring we put peas and spring barley through this smaller MSC drill,…
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