Kinze Advances ISOBUS Compatibility and Introduces New Planter Configurations

Company reintroduces planter with twin row setup and expands 3700 Series to 20” and 22” spacings.

At National Farm Machinery Show, Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. announced they will offer three new planter configurations, new seed tube sensors and ISO electronics for the spring 2013 planting season.

The new planter configurations will include:
3700 24 row 20” with bulk fill, Edge Vac or mechanical meters, and fertilizer;
3700 24 row 22” with bulk fill, Edge Vac or mechanical meters, and fertilizer;
3600 16 row Twin Row with bulk fill, EV or mechanical meters

To further the concept of plug and play, Kinze planters will be ISO compatible with the ISOBUS 11783 standard.

The new seed tube sensors will allow additional functionality, including the ability to measure skips and doubles, as well as singulation accuracy. The Kinze seed tube sensors also will be compatible with Precision 20/20 SeedSense and Ag Leader Seed Tube Monitoring Module (STMM). Ag Leader clutches will be offered on the 3200, 3600, 3660, 3700 and 3800 models.

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