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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KRONE REVERSE DRIVE PROTOTYPE

NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR CLAAS UK

VREDESTEIN TRAXION 65 TRACTOR TYRES

FLOWTAST OPTION FOR PÖTTINGER RAKE

VEENHUIS QUAD_SHIFT

WINDROWING KIT FOR GRIMME GT170

TIP OF THE MONTH

PULLING OUT THE STOPS

SIP MOWER UPDATE

COMPACT SELF-PROPELLED MIXER

MAZZOTTI SPRAYER UPDATES

STEERABLE FRONT MOWER

SMALLER HORSCH FOCUS

TRAMSPREAD DRIBBLE BARS UP TO 24.0M

Fendt 942 Vario: Packs poke, sips juice • With the previous 900s, Fendt’s big horsepower crown was starting to sit at a precarious angle as its competitors closed the technology and versatility gap. But, with this sixth generation, the German tractor maker is bang back on form with features that are genuinely useful in the field and on the road, plus a new motor that packs power and sips juice. Or at least that's what our test team thinks

FENDT 942 VARIO

Three tractors in comparison • This is a comparison of three similar hp tractors that have been tested by profiin past magazines

It dampens and floats • Three years ago, Walterscheid developed a hydraulic top link with integrated dampening. We have been testing the revised version which benefits from a float position

Massey Ferguson 8S.245 tractor: A new era • Marmite is probably the most apt way to summarise the styling of Massey Ferguson’s new generation of 152kW/205hp to 197kW/265hp 8S tractors. 'Retro' in looks? Yes, perhaps. Yet there's still plenty of whizzo tech on board, as we discovered in the mid-line 8S.245

McHale R62-72 twin-rotor rake: Closing the gap • Aiming to be a one-stop shop for baling contractors, McHale unveiled a twin-rotor rake three years ago. We take a look at the smaller of the two, the R62-72, which logically indicates this is a 6.2m to 7.2m working width machine. Read on to discover if the rest of the rake makes as much sense

Tobroco Giant GT5048 telehandler: Hard working ant • The freshly updated GT5048 is Giant’s only side-boom telehandler model. We take a seat in the little machine … to see how much better it is than its predecessor

Schuitemaker Rapide 6600 forage wagon: Wagon progression • Schuitemaker’s latest five-model, 38m³ to 60m³ Rapide 1000 series forage wagons were given a 'refresh' for this season. We caught up with the 42m³ Rapide 6600 for a tour of the Dutch-built machine's new features

Pegas-Agro Tuman 3: Universally Russian • Pegas-Agro has been producing the Tuman for over 20 years. The tool carrier can be equipped with a sprayer, fertiliser spreader, fertiliser injector or seeder. Here we focus on the new Tuman 3, which was shown at Agritechnica

Spearhead 460 rotary topper: More to machine than model number • Spearhead launched the folding ‘Flex wing’ 450-6S wide area topper/mower back in 1992, this model’s all shaft drive design having since formed the basis for a comprehensive range of wider variants right up to the 12.10m wide Stubble Master 1210. Here we focus upon the still current Multicut 460 models

Overhauling the linkage and lights • In the second part of our workshop series on adding some...