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Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of livestock equipment.
October 25, 2026
LIVESTOCK: BouMatic’s Gemini Up Max milking robots lend themselves to farms preferring to stick with batch milking. The Hansen family has installed a 12-box system in the area previously occupied by the milking parlour.
August 30, 2026
LIVESTOCK: With ammonia emissions under the spotlight in many countries, Lely has developed a system that can clean the air and create a useful fertiliser. We discover how the system works.
August 17, 2026
LIVESTOCK: Eliminating the need to tie up a telehandler for loading and capable of manoeuvring around most modern yards efficiently while mixing on the go, there are a number of self-propelled diet feeder options on…
April 12, 2026
The Liscop battery-powered cattle clipper is offered with a choice of different heads. Here we outline what the clipper delivers, and why head choice may matter to users of alternative makes and models.
March 15, 2026
LIVESTOCK: Rosensteiner launched its new Libox T3 machine for levelling and bedding deep-litter cubicles in early 2025. profi had the chance to put the newcomer through its paces in a cow barn.
February 17, 2026
REPORT: Derbyshire business T H Flower and Partners milks 350 cows in the Peak District. With a forward thinking approach, the outfit averages 13,600 litres of milk per cow.
January 20, 2026
LIVESTOCK: Taking energy production in-house at Greendale Farming has seen the introduction of slurry as a feedstock for the digester, located next door to the beef unit that produces it.
December 21, 2025
LIVESTOCK: Lely unveiled the Exos autonomous zero grazer in 2020. Now it's officially on the market in parts of Europe, we were able to catch up with one of the first commercial models.
November 24, 2025
LIVESTOCK: Lisa and Johannes Köhler are delighted with the success they have already had with their new building. Money well spent, they say.
November 24, 2025
LIVESTOCK: They may all be green, but there are some critical differences when it comes to fleece covers for stacked straw bales. That’s our conclusion after taking a closer look at Solmax’s Toptex.
October 26, 2025
LIVESTOCK: The EspaFlex flooring, presented by Kraiburg at EuroTier 2024, reduces the release of ammonia in cattle barns with slatted floors. profi took a close look at the new flooring.
