Planting Equipment
A handful of planter manufacturer reps share several tips and lookouts to ensure the planter is working properly this spring.
This roll up unites complimentary product portfolios and distribution channels to provide farmers with Smart Farming solutions and retrofit precision ag technologies, and OEMs with more factory fit options.
What’s the key to growing big yields? According to the reigning national corn yield contest champ, David Hula, you can’t have 300-bushel-per-acre yields if you don’t start with 300-bushel-per-acre stands.
The intricacies of modern planting systems complicate preparing for the first day in the field. Farmers now have to worry about components and systems that didn’t exist 10 years ago.
John Deere, Kinze Manufacturing, and Ag Leader Technology announced a collaboration agreement that the companies say will make it easier to integrate each company’s equipment and technology solutions.
Minor space weather events have temporarily knocked out corrections signals over Canada and The Dakotas in the past. Would your farm be ready for a more severe outage?
Farm Journal’s machinery and technology editor was on the ground in Louisville last week. Here’s a handful of the trends we saw down in Bourbon Country.
Replacing worn closing wheel frame bushings on planters is a recurring expense and chore. The kits work well, and they aren’t hard to install.
Kinze introduces its new 5670 pivot fold, split row model planters for the 2025 planting season. The company says it delivers enhanced productivity, increased operator convenience and efficient serviceability.
When should dielectric grease be used? What is dielectric grease? Why should you care? Talk to lubrication experts or specialists who work on electronic systems and you’ll get a dozen confusing answers.
David Heublein won the conventional, non-irrigated category of the 2023 NCGA yield contest for the state. The amazing yield was grown with only one-third of the total rainfall his fields usually get in a growing season.
Precision Planting introduces farmers to its new CornerStone Planting System; announces Panorama is now available for purchase as well as additional product updates.
Upgrade kits featuring the latest precision ag technologies are available for sprayers, planters and combines.
The software update is available to Ag Leader SteadySteer and SteerCommand Z2 users via a one-time unlock fee in the InCommand display.
Supply is rising while demand is falling. This points to better used planter buying opportunities late this year and into 2024.
Two new metering systems from Montag are engineered for accuracy in conservation practices.
AGCO is expanding its Fendt Momentum planter lineup with a smaller width option: 30’.
Pay particular attention to hydraulic hoses, down-pressure components and anywhere birds and varmints can have a heyday. Your future self will thank you.
All the electrical systems on your planter, field cultivator or other towed piece of equipment are dead. After a moment of profanity, check these areas.
Your planter might not be sidelined but something is off. Dan Anderson offers fixes for clogged seed delivery hoses, seed monitor failure, random loose seeds and more.
Planting has been running smoothly, but you notice a few rows are consistently planting a higher or lower population. Here are things to check.
Modern, high-tech planters can produce “picket fence” stands of corn with seedlings so uniform they look like they’ve been photocopied. But does precise planting pay?
Don’t let kinked or damaged hoses hamper spring fieldwork.
Two service calls to malfunctioning planters 30-plus years ago remind mechanic Dan Anderson of how far pre-season preparation and maintenance has come.
Most folks know to check disk openers, gauge wheels and other soil-contacting components. Here’s a checklist of less obvious problems.
Even if we’ve done it every year for decades, it never hurts to have a primer to jog our memories about basic planter maintenance measurements.
Managing multiple production systems is the last step to precision farming
On Thursday, at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Great Plains introduced new offerings with the VT1100 Turbo-Max, Terra-Max variable-intensity tool, and Turbo-Seeder.
Not all planter problems are as they first appear. Here is a guide to those less-common culprits.
At the National Farm Machinery Show, Case IH introduces the 2110 Early Riser planter, an updated 2150 Early Riser planter, new features to Precision Air 5 air carts, Flex Hoe 900 air drills and AFS Furrow Command.