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Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of tractors.
October 26, 2026
REPORT: When we last visited Oxfordshire farming business Crowmarsh Battle Farms, the Chamberlain family was a year into ownership of a 580hp Agco Challenger MT875B. The now 18-year old frontline powerhouse has racked up over…
October 23, 2026
TRACTOR TEST: With the 8S.225, 8S.245 and 8S.265, Massey Ferguson gives buyers the choice of a dual clutch powershift or a stepless transmission. So, which of these AGCO transmissions makes the 8S a better tractor?
September 30, 2026
DRIVING IMPRESSION: We always wondered how Massey Ferguson was going to graft the 8S onto the 7S without making it look like a giant wobble head. Yet the 7S Mark 2 design team has sprinkled…
August 31, 2026
REPORT: When we last visited Yorkshire contractor Tom Dirom, his tractor choices leant towards the Finnish Valtra brand, topped by a 400hp reverse-drive S-series. As the business and its workload has evolved, so too has…
August 30, 2026
USED MACHINERY: The Farmall name first appeared on the bonnet of a 22hp International Harvester tricycle tractor in the mid-1920s, with the 183hp US market IH 1566 being the last in 1976 until Case IH…
August 28, 2026
TRACTOR TEST: There was huge hype when Fendt unveiled the newest generation Vario 800s a year ago, with a good match of size and power. We put the theory to the test this month, directing…
August 31, 2026
REPORT: When we visited Warwickshire farmer David Jones of JH & MM Jones in 2006, he was five years into a min-till regime that was focussed on managing costs while encouraging yields. Twenty years on,…
August 3, 2026
REPORT: The 9190 is an interesting part of Steyr history. It was the fruit of a joint venture that pushed the Austrian brand into a new power bracket.
August 3, 2026
REPORT: Back in 2011 we visited this MC115 as a long-term test subject when it had just 3,095 hours, now, 15 years later it has amassed 14,188 hours. Good reason to go back and see…
August 3, 2026
REPORT: A lifetime’s work of agricultural contracting and engineering for Nottingham-based D Clifford & Sons has recently evolved to include 60 hectares of stubble-to-stubble contracting. Alongside its general contracting business, the shift into direct farming…
July 31, 2026
LONG TERM TEST: When Fendt took the wraps off its revised 900-series in 2019, the 415hp flagship 942 pushed the firm’s 900-series well over 400hp for the first time. With an all-new transmission and a…
