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ProTrakker Introduces New Guidance Systems WS9000T

March 31, 2017 | Posted in Equipment
Boasting an off-line correction of nearly 5 feet, it will deliver the same precision and sub-inch row accuracy results that have become synonymous with the ProTrakker brand. The WS9000T is specific to John Deere 9000T and 9000RT tractor models. These tractors have a wide swing mechanism that customers want to control and now can. "Just like our other hydraulic hitch models, the WS9000T can be controlled in multiple ways for the implement correction farmers are seeking," says company president Cory Miller.
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9 Growers Spill Their Secrets for Planting into Cover Crops

From tall, living covers to a heavy surface residue, no-tillers share how they adjust their planters and spring programs to work with cover crops.
By Laura Barrera posted on March 11, 2017 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Seeding & Planting
Crop prices may be down, but that isn’t stopping no-tillers from using cover crops. In fact, more no-tillers are seeding them than ever before — No-Till Farmer’s 2016 No-Till Operational Benchmark Study found a record 77% of survey respondents seeded covers last year (see page 42), making 2016 the fifth consecutive year where the number increased.
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No-Tillers Slash Spending to Stay in the Black

Readers once again stayed under budget to turn a profit, and plan to continue making cuts for the upcoming growing season.
By Laura Barrera posted on March 11, 2017 | Posted in Equipment
While crop prices remained unfavorable, more No-Till Farmer readers were profitable in 2016 than 2015 — but they had to stay under budget to make it happen.
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Veris Launches iScan Soil Sensing Tool

March 3, 2017 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture
Seeing the need to for more flexibility to map soils, Eric Lund, president of Veris Technologies discusses the features of the new iScan system that mounts to the row unit of a tillage implement or planter. The front coulter and the rear closing disc contain 2 electrodes that inject electrical current and then 2 chromium carbide points detect the electrical array after it’s gone down in the soil about 2 feet. An optical sensor also shines red and infrared light 2 inches deep to measure soil optical properties which relate to organic matter.
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