Keeton Seed Firmer Makes It Two In A Row

From equipment to crop protection to precision tools, No-Till Farmer readers rated the best-performing no-till products for 2010.

With major rainfall events pelting many regions of the U.S. prior to and during the 2010 production season, field conditions were a big concern for no-tillers — not just in preparing fields for planting, but also no-tilling crops properly.

And it appears by their votes that no-tillers are continuing to rely on the performance of the Keeton seed firmer more than ever to promote seed-to-soil contact in the trench and put the seed in the best possible position to emerge.

For the second year in a row, the seed firmer, manufactured by Precision Planting, was voted as the No-Till Product of the Year by No-Till Farmer readers. The product, originally developed by Kentucky no-tiller Eugene Keeton, edged out John Deere’s 1770NT planter as 2010’s overall winner, and also won the category for best planter/drill attachment.

The Product of the Year process started last summer when product nominations were accepted from both no-tillers and manufacturers. Our initial voting by no-tillers resulted in 12 product category winners, and those products were put to a final vote to decide an overall winner.

2010 No-Till Product Of The Year & No-Till Planter/Drill Attachments

Keeton Seed Firmer, Precision Planting

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Seed-to-soil contact in the trench is important to germination. This thin piece of plastic slides down the seed trench and traps seeds as they exit the seed tube in a way that firms them into the bottom of the seed trench.

Precision Planting officials say the Keeton seed firmer has proven to increase yields by 6…

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John Dobberstein

John Dobberstein is the Senior Editor of No-Till Farmer, Strip-Till Farmer, and Cover Crop Strategies. He previously covered agriculture for the Tulsa World and worked for daily newspapers in Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Joseph, Mich. This is John's second stint with Lessiter Media, the previous lasting almost 13 years.

Contact: jdobberstein@lessitermedia.com

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