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No-Till Influencer, Exapta Owner Matt Hagny Passes

August 27, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment

The 50-year-old owner and CEO of Exapta Solutions, and former No-till on the Plains board member, was a well-known no-till educator and consultant across the Great Plains and the entire U.S.

4 Steps for Enhancing Your No-Till Drill’s Performance

Exapta Solution’s Matt Hagny offers sound advice on seeding equipment options that improve furrow opening, seed placement, firming and seed trench closing.

By Mark McNeely posted on May 12, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment

If you're trying to control seed costs, it pays to also optimize your no-till drill for peak seeding performance, just as anyone would their larger grain planters.

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[Webinar] Improving the Performance of No-Till Drills

March 7, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment, Precision Agriculture

This webinar, sponsored by Exapta Solutions, helps you look closely at your no-till drill setup to improve seed spacing and placement for better stands and yield potential. Get proven techniques and top-notch tips to improve the poor seed placement common with no-till drills and help them perform more like no-till planters from the late Exapta founder, Matt Hagny. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]

[Webinar] What’s Needed to Get Your No-Till Planter to Deliver Results

January 17, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment

This webinar, sponsored by Exapta Solutions, will help you look closely at your planter setup and other factors that can hinder seed placement and hurt crop stands. No-till consultant and Exapta founder Matt Hagny shares time-tested, proven tips to overcome seeding challenges in no-till environments. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]

Exapta Solutions Becomes Exclusive Importer of Aricks Row Cleaners for John Deere No-Till Drills

November 7, 2017 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment, Residue Management

Exapta Solutions is now the exclusive importer of Aricks row cleaners for John Deere 50/60/90 drills. The row cleaners are designed to overcome the tendency of these drills to hairpin residue into the seed slot.

Exapta Adds Aricks Bushing Kits for Deere Drills

New kits replace pivot points for firming arm, closing arm and main pin at front of opener

July 19, 2017 | Posted in Equipment

Exapta Solutions is now the exclusive importer of Aricks bushing kits for John Deere 50, 60 and 90 series drills. The kits replace and upgrade the pivot points for the firming arm, the closing arm and the main pin at the front of the opener.

No-Till Brings Radical Rethink to Drill Designs

Manufacturers have listened to no-tillers’ needs and are creating drills that can handle heavy residue, as well as plant cash crops and cover crops of various seed sizes.

By Dan Crummett posted on January 14, 2017 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment

Aside from the planter and combine, drills are one of the most common pieces of equipment seen rolling across no-till fields today — about 64% of readers who participated in the 2016 No-Till Operational Benchmark Study said they own and use a no-till drill. And with cover crops picking up acreage in no-till systems, no-tillers are no longer relying on the tool just for seeding cash crops.

The Final Act: Closing The Seed Slot

Field variability, tougher trash and growers’ early-planting ambitions drive improvements to planter closing wheels used in no-till fields.

By John Dobberstein posted on August 1, 2011 | Posted in Equipment, Water Management

When planting is done and crops begin to emerge, no-tillers have a chance to evaluate how well their planter has performed — including whether the unit’s closing wheels are doing the job closing the seed slot.

Combining Effective Cover Crops With Longer Crop Rotations Will Pay Big Dividends

Repeated cover cropping can lead tolong-term soil improvements that can help you overcome no-till yield concerns.

By Lynn Grooms posted on January 1, 2002 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

The impact of cover crops, as well as longer crop rotations, will continue to be new territory for no-tillers to cover in the future, maintains Matt Hagny, a no-till equipment designer and crop consultant from Salina, Kan.

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