Marion Calmer, No-Till Innovator and founder of Calmer Corn Heads, shares tips for optimizing your combine for corn harvest.

This month's equipment value guide highlights high-clearance sprayers from Case IH, Hagie, John Deere, Miller, New Holland and RoGator. All of the sprayers included in the selection are model year 2021 units and appeared in the Spring 2023 IronGuides Issue. For more detailed values use IronGuides.com, an online appraisal tool for agricultural equipment that adjusts for your machine’s unique region, options and usage.

The row unit for the air drill features a parallel-link design provides a more stable "ride" for the row unit as it moves through the field, offering more precise seed placement, says Trent Nowasad, seeding equipment marketing manager. A variable down-pressure spring holds each row unit in contact with the ground, while the forward-facing seed tube is designed to minimize bounce. And a new closing system allows angle adjustments to help match soil conditions.

The new 2150S Early Riser front-fold trailing planter addition brings narrow row choices to the 2000 series line. This addition of machines offers farmers a range of configurations including 23, 24, 31 or 32 rows with 15-inch spacing, or 24 rows with 20-inch spacing.