New editor-in-chief of the agricultural technology magazine profi starts work

Guido Höner and Hubert Wilmer took over the editorship of the agricultural machinery magazine profi, published by Landwirtschaftsverlag Münster, from Frank Berning on 1 September 2024. ‘The two new editors-in-chief have worked intensively with the editorial team over the past few months to prepare for their new role. They will continue the tried and tested and further develop profi on all media channels with new concepts and projects. Both have the best prerequisites for this. They have excellent specialist and practical knowledge and are networked with farmers and contractors as well as in the agricultural machinery industry. And they understand their journalistic craft,’ says Dr Ludger Schulze Pals, Managing Director of Landwirtschaftsverlag Münster.

The editorial team will be completed by Christian Brüse, who will succeed Dr Gottfried Eikel as Deputy Editor-in-Chief from 1 January 2025. Gottfried Eikel will retire at the end of the year.

Guido Höner and Hubert Wilmer are taking over from Frank Berning, who has headed the profi editorial team since 2020. Frank Berning is leaving Landwirtschaftsverlag at his own request on 31 August 2024 to become a self-employed consultant in the field of renewable energies. ‘We would like to thank Frank Berning for 15 years of passion for Landwirtschaftsverlag. He has rendered outstanding services to our company not only at profi, but also at top agrar and top farmplan,’ says Ludger Schulze Pals, summarising a successful period of service.

With a circulation (print and digital) of almost 56,000 issues (IVW 2nd quarter/2024), the agricultural technology magazine profi is the world's highest-circulation magazine for agricultural technology. It also has a broad digital offering (e.g. newsletter, videos, homepage and social media). The editorial programme is supplemented by target group-specific events and a comprehensive trade fair presence (especially at Agritechnica in Hanover). The magazine publishes test reports on new and used machines, long-term tests and driving reports on tractors, tips on the care and maintenance of machines, repair instructions, technical function descriptions and much more.