Planters
Time To Consider Section and Row Control for Planters
Jun 1, 2010, Source: North Dakota State University
Many Northern Plains crop farmers are using section controls on field sprayers because of product savings and the ability to avoid doubling up on chemical applications on the overlap areas where diagonal rows meet and at the end of fields...
Remember to Check Planter Settings
Apr 12, 2010, Source: Iowa State University
There are several planter settings that must be checked when heading out to the field this spring. Your planter may have been perfectly adjusted for the last field planted in 2009, but likely is not well-adjusted to plant your first field this spring...
Homemade Planter Allows for Nitrogen to be Spring-Applied
Mar 25, 2010, By Greg Lamp
Kurt Dunker and his dad Richard were tired of losing nitrogen (N) with fall application and wanted to start spring-applying it at planting. That meant a whole lot of changes in how they planted, starting with a new 40-ft., 30-in-row planter they built in 2006...
Companies Offer Huge Planters, From 60 to 120 Feet Wide
Feb 15, 2010, BY JEN BENNETT
If a little is good, a lot is better. When it comes time to plant, why not go for the gusto and get your crops in the ground quickly and efficiently with a big planter...
What Corn and Soybean Farmers Can Do to Transport Huge Planters Safely
Feb 15, 2010, BY JOHN POCOCK
Last winter, John Deere introduced its largest planter yet the 48-row, 30-in. spacing, 120-ft.-wide DB120, touted as planting 90-100 acres/hour when operated at 5-5.5 mph...
Modified Planter Uses Air Cart to Effeciently Deliver Fertilizer to Row Units
Feb 15, 2010, BY GREG LAMP
If there's a way to make any task around the farm more efficient from planting to harvesting Louie Nigg from Peever, SD, will find it...
Using Air Clutches Makes Home-Modified Planter More Efficient
Feb 1, 2010, BY PAUL QUECK
Scott Lasater wanted to convert his 24-row White planter from manual switches controlling planting to an automatic system linked to GPS. But he didn't...
Planter Air Clutches Save Seed and Time When Planting | Seed With Speed
Jan 1, 2010, By John Pocock
Automated on-off controls have allowed Clay Mitchell, Buckingham, IA, to virtually eliminate seed overlap since 2007. That's when he installed independent...
Nebraska Farmer Modifies Custom-Built Planter | Dream Machine
Jan 1, 2010, By Greg Lamp
Although he probably wouldn't admit it, Greg Kreikemeier's custom-built planter is almost a work of art. Originally built in 2002 and revamped the last...
Perfecting Planting
Aug 1, 2009, By Karen Ott Mayer
A self-proclaimed perfectionist, Jason Birdsong became increasingly dissatisfied with the seed loss and inability to control seed populations with his...
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