Issue: March ( 2025 )
Grimme Prios Pro potato planter: Versatile heavyweight
PRACTICAL TEST: Last spring we were able to gain some first-hand experience with a four-row Prios Pro, Grimme’s latest planter.
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Issue: March ( 2025 )
Köckerling Ultima CS tine drill: Ultima versatility
USED MACHINERY: In the UK, the trailed 6.0m Köckerling Jockey drill has a strong following. Based around the company’s Allrounder cultivator, this simple tine drill is well suited to working into min-til and cultivated ground.…
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Issue: March ( 2025 )
Adapting machines for potato growing: Grower innovates for specialist kit
REPORT: Danish potato grower Henning Thybo has a keen interest in developing specialist equipment for his own farm and has joined forces with manufacturers to find machinery solutions for the crop against a background of…
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Issue: March ( 2025 )
Drawbar power compared: Stepless, but different strides
TRACTOR TEST: There's an ongoing debate — is a continuously variable transmission the right ‘box for heavy-lugging draft work? To throw some cats among the argumentative pigeons, we've compared the drawbar power measurements of 15…
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Issue: March ( 2025 )
High turnout at first German MB trac rally: All the stars align
REPORT: Back in August 2024, MB trac owners staged their first major get together in Dohren, a small town to the south of Hamburg. The event proved a huge success, with a wide range of…
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Issue: March ( 2025 )
J P Plowright & Son: Chasing beet with a Beet Eater
REPORT: Contractor J P Plowright & Son runs the only nine-row Vervaet self-propelled sugar beet harvester in the UK. The business also has a six-row machine and two self-propelled chasers, so you can see there…
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Issue: March ( 2025 )
4Disc ActiCut 450 cultivator: Spinning plates
DRIVING IMPRESSION: It's not often that a slightly different tack is taken to cultivations, but the Acticut does just that, with horizontally powered discs used to cut below the surface for a shallow tilth. We…
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Issue: March ( 2025 )
Valentini Strip Maxi Squalo 5700 strip-till cultivator: Working strips
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Italian rotary cultivator maker Valentini is throwing its hat into the strip-till ring with a machine aimed at the maize establishment market. We had a go with the near 6.0m wide version, enough…
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Issue: March ( 2025 )
Zetor ZTS 16245: The Slovakian Zetor
REPORT: 160hp for around 55,000 Deutchmark, or a little over £22,000. Back in 1994, the Zetor ZTS 16245 had one very compelling argument — its price. Thirty years on, we catch up with one these…
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Issue: March ( 2025 )
DLM Hohenheim farm machinery museum: A university’s treasure trove
REPORT: The German Agricultural Museum (DLM, Deutsch Landwirtschaftsmuseum) in Stuttgart Hohenheim is operated by the Hohenheim University of Agriculture. We visit this treasure trove.
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Issue: February ( 2025 )
Tractors: The best for your loved one
TUNING: Even the best tractor can be optimised. Whether it’s about comfort or additional equipment, profi readers share their workshop creations.
