Row Planters Articles & Analysis
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Have you been waiting for the “right time” to upgrade your tech? With the summer savings going on now, there couldn’t be a better time to invest in precision farming technology! Amp up your operation’s accuracy and efficiency with these farming solutions. ...
Spring planting season in the Midwest is only a few months away. As we get closer to that go date, you likely are thinking through ways you can improve your performance from last year. Planter technology is one of the smartest investments you can make. But with several options, which one is right for you and your farm? At Ag Leader, we offer four solutions that can help improve your ...
It is no secret that ground conditions and tillage practices present different challenges for growers during planting season. Those who practice no-till with cover crops can have the most difficult environments for planters when it comes to seed placement - specifically seed depth. Time and again our TechTrials reveal that no matter the farming practices, or ground conditions seed depth makes or ...
Tech Trial Highlights Location: Ohio Planter: 16- row Kinze 3600 Tech: Rows one through eight were equipped with the factory downforce springs. Rows nine through sixteen were equipped with SureForce. Tillage: The grower performed trials in both no-till and conventional tilled fields. ...
Planter Performance Split Screen for All Crop Types The planter performance split screen is now available for all crop types when the configuration is using row-by-row downforce. This means that all crop types will display readouts for population, seed spacing, meter speed (SureDrive®) and downforce applied, gauge wheel ...
The trial was laid out in a randomized block design with 4 replicates. Plots were planted in 7 rows on 50 cm row spacing to a length of 10M with a 7 row John Deere plot planter. ...
Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] yield response to narrow row spacing has been consistently positive in the upper Midwest and new split-row planters have made narrow row soybean production feasible, yet adoption has been slow in Iowa. ...