Corn & Soy Solutions Architect Grant Wonderlich explains how John Deere's new ExactShot system works alongside ExactEmerge to improve fertilizer placement on each seed while planting. With exact timing and placement, ExactShot is able to dose each individual seed with starter fertilizer as it is placed, saving on overall fertilizer use compared to continuous in-furrow application. This saves on both time re-filling the fertilizer as well as using less fertilizer overall further reducing input costs.

At the 2014 National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky., John Deere introduced it's new ExactEmerge seed delivery row unit system, allowing for the most accurate planting at speeds up to 10 mph along with the new MaxEmerge 5 row units for planting at traditional speeds.