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Finding A Better Planter Seed Tube Option

Krissy Lampe — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:16:12 +0000

In recent years, companies have developed innovative precision planting solutions for farmers. Modern advancements on seed tubes enable planters to operate at speeds exceeding 6 MPH while maintaining precise seed placement and consistent spacing. This advanced planting technology replaces traditional seed tubes with a flighted belt system. By transporting seeds individually to the furrow, [...]

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Considerations For Double Crop Soybeans

Tracy Smith — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 08:00:13 +0000

With the recent uptrend in soybean prices, many producers are showing more incentive to plant double crop (DC) soybeans following irrigated wheat this season. Recent rainfall and milder temperatures have allowed many producers to save a significant amount of water during the flowering and grain fill stages of their wheat crop. In southwest and south [...]

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Are Seed Costs a Fixed Cost?

Tracy Smith — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 08:00:53 +0000

Many producers express frustration with the cost of seed. But not necessarily because of the actual cost of a bag of seed, but because regardless of yield goal, yield potential or length of maturity, the cost of the seed remains relatively the same. Unless you adjust population, a field that raises 180 bushel of corn [...]

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Wheat Seeding Rates – Pounds or Seeds?

Tracy Smith — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 08:00:41 +0000

As producers begin to make preparations for fall seeding of winter wheat, one of the decisions to be made is how much seed to plant per acre. Those who may still be planting by pounds or bushels per acre may want to consider a different approach. They may want to set their drill to deliver [...]

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Variable Rate Seeding: Easier Than You Think

Tracy Smith — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 08:00:34 +0000

Your planter may be smarter than you think! If you were capable of dropping seeds in the field exactly where you would like them, you could expect the plants to respond in a positive way and ultimately maximize yield in that particular spot in the field. Variable rate seeding is a major step to reaching [...]

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