July 1, 2024
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Machine management
Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of cost management articles.
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May 1, 2024
Nozzle cleaning made easy: Ultra-fast with ultrasound
TECHNICAL: Nozzle cleaning made easy: Ultra-fast with ultrasound. Clean nozzles are essential for good spray coverage. Ulrich Lossie, from Duela Nienburg, has tested various ultrasonic-based cleaners.
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April 1, 2024
Slievenamon Agricultural Services: Hard got
REPORT: Everyone with feet on the ground in agriculture is well aware of the challenges in finding skilled labour.
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April 1, 2024
Meier-Brakenberg Field Attack field fire extinguisher: Water for 13 minutes
TRACTOR TEST: With Field Attack, Meier-Brakenberg has developed a pressure hose for the front linkage. The equipment is more than just a fire extinguisher, though.
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December 1, 2023
Building for the future: Using expertise
The need to increase grain storage capacity and upgrade farm facilities for the future prompted Suffolk farming business J.D & R.J Baker Farms to construct an array of new buildings. We look at how the…
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September 22, 2023
Specialist contracting: Harvest of change
REPORT: Viticulture is becoming an increasingly popular enterprise, but the grape harvest has remained largely unmechanised. A trailed harvester is now proving to be an option, both for individual growers and a specialist contractor.
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September 22, 2023
On the harvest trail in Spain: A change of office
REPORT: Earlier this season, profi reporter Steven Vale swapped his office for a six-week stint in Spain driving a Ploeger EPD530 pea and bean harvester.
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August 5, 2023
Contracting for regeneration: Off the beaten path
REPORT: There are certain jobs that are the bread and butter tasks for many contracting operations — silage making, slurry spreading, baling — but Tom Voyce wanted something more niche, hence his move into vegetation…
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April 30, 2023
Apprenticeships: All you need to know
REPORT: The industry is responding to an employee shortage crisis by investing in training for the agricultural engineers of the future. But what exactly is involved during and after apprenticeships in the UK? We find…
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October 20, 2022
Technical: New Holland Braud 9090X grape harvester
Grapes are becoming an increasingly viable crop within the UK as global warming takes effect and consumer tastes embrace domestically grown wines. Sales of English and Welsh wines have risen by 69% since 2019 —…
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September 27, 2022
Report: L & D Flowers
Lincolnshire grower L&D Flowers is developing solutions to mechanise harvesting and packing of cut flower crops to boost efficiency and profits. Sunflowers have become an increasingly popular cut flower in recent years, but along with…