John Deere Turns Out Monster Planter

John Deere and Bauer Built Mfg. have built the DB120 corn planter, featuring 48 rows at 30-inch spacings. Depending on field conditions, the unit can plant 90 to 100 acres per hour when operating at 5 to 5.5 mph.

The 120-foot-wide planter relies on global positioning to manage the unit’s field movements, says Rob Rippchen, division manager, marketing, John Deere Seeding.

“If technology such as AutoTrac guidance and RowCommand planter row control was not available, you probably would not see a 120-foot planter,” Rippchen says.

Pioneer Offers Seeding
Rate Calculator

Pioneer’s planting rate calculator offers the ability to customize planting and seed options by factoring in grain and seed prices and yield environment to determine seeding rate for maximum economic yield.

“The calculator uses the data the grower enters — hybrid choice, field agronomics, grain price and price of seed,” says Jeremy Groeteke, Pioneer agronomy research manager. “With a click of a button, five seeding rates are listed with corresponding net incomes per acre for each.”

AutoFarm Adds New Precision Kit

AutoFarm has added a new kit that allows Raven Viper Pro owners to upgrade their system to include FarmPRO DGPS or RTK steering.

This will allow hands-free steering using WAAS or OmniSTAR XP or HP correction, as well as allow sub-inch accurate vehicle placement with trip after trip, season after season repeatability, says John Bressler, AutoFarm senior marketing manager.

Yetter Announces New Fertilizer Coulter

The new 2987 Magnum Fertilizer Coulter from Yetter Manufacturing…