Profi

If you are interested in tractors and farm machinery then Profi International is the magazine for you with its in-depth technical articles, keeping you up to date on all the latest farm machinery news. Profi magazine is the only monthly magazine assessing, scientifically testing, comparing and advising on tractors, machinery and ancillary equipment. Profi also advises on buying used equipment, and includes a wealth of practical and technical features to help readers get more from their existing machinery. Profi magazine also has a new workshop tips section and expanded classifieds! A subscription to Profi delivers you 13 issues per year.

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John Deere 8R410E AP: Even better with Zeus juice • Could this electrically enhanced hybrid stepless transmission be a beacon of future tractor development? John Deere is the first with such hardware, so we wanted to find out how this new technology affects the wheeled 8R410E’s overall efficiency.

Three tractors in comparison

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Amazone Cobra 6000-2TX cultivator: Speedy snake • Ultra-shallow cultivators are currently the in-vogue tool for arable farmers to have — full width tilling for weed germination and incorporation without moving too much soil. Cobra is the Amazone solution. Here is our test on the 6.0m version.

Horsch Cultro 5 TC cultivator: Whirlwind in the field • Chopping and redistribution: Is the Cultro TC knife roller combined with three rows of harrow tines a sensible solution for stubble management?

Bramleys Seed Establishment Zone drill: Everything is optional • There is no shortage of choice on the tine-based Zone drill: leading discs, two or three rows of coulters, rear press wheels or integrated depth wheels. But one thing Philip Bramley wants to retain is keeping it light enough for less tractor power.

Strautmann Magnon 11 forage wagon: No shorter cuts? • Strautmann is looking to meet the needs of farms wanting a shorter chop length from a forage wagon. The new Magnon 11 has an 84-knife chopping unit with just 22mm between the blades. We have a look to see what it’s capable of.

Lomma Profi 7600 grassland roller: Roll the German way • Apparently this heavy grass roller has its place in rather marshy regions! To give farmers a wider working option, Lomma has come up with the 7.60m wide Profi 7600. We got to try it out earlier this season.

APV GP750 M2 grass rejuvenator: Slitting the sward • APV has debuted a new slit coulter system for its GP grassland rejuvenator line. The range also welcomes a new wider model, the 7.50m GP750, which is the one we operate here.

Saphir Grindstar 600 cultivator: Spin and till • Saphir’s Grindstar is a different take on shallow cultivations, tilling no deeper than 3cm but still aiming to mix soil and trash to encourage weed seeds to germinate.

Sukov Downhil Spring 4+ plough: Simply ploughing • Red and green and not from Norway, Sukov is looking to entice farmers with its range of fully and semi-mounted ploughs. Having recruited dealers in Germany, it now wants to do the same here, too. We took a tour of the Downhil Spring 4+.

Amazone ED – Classic maize drills: Simple and proven design makes an ED drill a sound used buy • Amazone launched its ED 01 precision drills way back in 1987,...