You want your planter to perform well and provide you with the best yield potential it can. Overlooking maintenance items can be a pitfall that costs you yield and can overcome any technology you may have added. For practical planter setup and maintenance approaches, join Precision Planting's Regional Manager Jason Koning as he steps through "Planter Pitfalls that Cause Technology, and Your Crop, to Fail." [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]
You’ve been there before. Everything is “ready to go” on your planter, but you start planting and realize something just isn’t quite right. Here are two things we’ve seen that have helped countless farmers have confidence from their very first pass in the field. The Planter Maintenance series is brought to you by Precision Planting.
We all want to have a great looking, profitable crop stand. Planter technology has greatly improved the ability for a planter to create a picket fence stand through consistent singulation, spacing, and emergence. The Planter Maintenance series is brought to you by Precision Planting.
It's never a bad idea to revisit planter-maintenance basics ahead of spring planting, which Mark Hanna from Iowa State University Extension shares in this article with a special mention about no-till and reduced-tillage conditions.
As no-tillers get read to start planting, they take time now to check on how well their planter will perform in the field, says University of Nebraska Extension ag engineer Paul Jasa.
No-tillers only have one shot to set their crops up for high-yielding potential, so focus on what’s required to achieve a quick, even emergence and vigorous stand this spring.
Each hour lost in the spring from planter issues can be very costly due to delayed planting. Penn State Extension shares what to check and fix during the winter season.
Check the planter under the conditions it'll be planting in by taking it to the field without any seed and making adjustments to improve its performance.
The quality of your corn stand will largely depend on planter performance, says Sjoerd Duiker, associate professor of soil management and applied soil physics at Penn State University.
Get full access NOW to the most comprehensive, powerful and easy-to-use online resource for no-tillage practices. Just one good idea will pay for your subscription hundreds of times over.
On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, longtime no-tiller Jim Leverich explains why 20-inch corn rows are paying off big time on his Sparta, Wis., farm.
Needham Ag understands the role of technology in making better use of limited resources within a specific environment by drawing on a wealth of global experience to overcome the challenges facing today's farmers, manufacturers and dealers.
The Andersons grows enduring relationships through extraordinary service, a deep knowledge of the market, and a knack for finding new ways to add value as we have done for nearly 70 years.