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.

Dear Reader

FLAGSHIP JAGUARS

RABE BACK IN DRILLS

TRAILED COFFEE HARVESTER

DEUTZ-FAHR WITH NEW CAB?

IN BRIEF …..

NO GEAR LEVER

XERIC IN PRODUCTION

NEW AXION ON THE WAY?

WIDER KUHN MEGANTS

LEMKEN ONYX

WORLD’S LARGEST BIN

12.5M DISC HARROW

SKY SONIC

LAST WAG FOR VICON ICON

Fendt

Something for all tastes • A 4,700-litre mounted fertiliser spreader will be one of the fresh-faced machines on the Kverneland stand at Agritechnica. Other notable newcomers include a plain triple mower with QuattroLink suspension, a range of mechanical shearbolt ploughs, a 12m precision tined weeder and a Roc merger.

HORSCH

Amazone

New Holland

Krone

Fendt Rotana 160V XtraCut baler: Passing the baton • We were able to use the Fendt Rotana 160V XtraCut to make bales up to 1.60m throughout last summer. Read on to find out what we thought of it.

Unia Bizon 36 chaser bin: The middle man • Unia is one of the largest farm machinery makers in Poland, offering a hugely diverse line-up of kit including a range of chaser bins. The Bizon 36 is the biggest bin in the Unia family with a capacity in the region of 27t.

Oxbo GP6300 pea harvester: Peas – the best bits • We travelled to France to see two of the five pre-production versions of the Oxbo GP6300 self-propelled pea harvester.

Agco (Massey Ferguson and Fendt) Ideal combines: Any colour you like as long as it is black • Agco’s Massey Ferguson and Fendt Ideal combines differ in two ways. Badges and Fendt having access to the highest capacity variant, the Ideal 10T. Everything else is the same including the black finish.

IDEAL FROM A DEALER’S PERSPECTIVE?

Early detection of bearing wear keeps combines on a roll: Look, listen, feel • A thorough check of a combine’s bearings can help to ensure you have a trouble-free start to the harvest, with a much reduced risk of frustrating downtime.

AVL Motion S9000 asparagus harvester: White Gold • The S9000 automatic white asparagus robot replaces as many as a dozen pairs of hands; slashing labour harvesting costs by up to 80%. The diesel-electric vehicle is made by Dutch firm AVL Motion.

Yorkshire farmer & contractor, Nigel Thornborrow: Dried bananas

New Holland CR11 at North Farm Horton : The Beast of Belgium • New Holland’s flagship CR11 combine has been chomping through harvest for Dorset grower Peter Snell, having replaced a pair of CR10.90 models. As the end of its first full harvest draws to a close, how has the twin-rotor, 775hp beast performed?

Jaguar forager converted to tracks: Not making tracks…with tracks • German contractors Logemann and Röbenjohanns not only kitted out a Claas Jaguar with tracks, but they also modified a pair of dumpers that can tip into hook-lift containers.

Best selling walker combines: Walker combines march on • If you have a preference for straw walkers, then keep reading as we round up the best selling five and six-walker combines currently sold in the UK and Ireland.

Manor Farm: Two out, one in • While...