Cover cropping may be a modern buzz term, but it’s a concept I first witnessed back in the late 1940s. I’m the fifth generation of my family to farm both sides of the Mason-Dixon line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, and was fortunate enough to watch both my father and grandfather work the land.
The pressure is always on to plant effectively and efficiently. Because Yetter Farm Equipment knows the importance of hitting what are often narrow planting windows, the company is offering a new timesaving tool. The 6200 Interchanger is a replacement piece for each closing wheel nut on the tail wheel assembly. Its design secures wheels in place yet requires only an electric impact wrench or ratchet to loosen wheels when it's time to make a change due to field conditions.
Becks Hybrids announces a territory expansion into two crop-reporting districts in Iowa and three crop-reporting districts in Missouri. Becks marketing area also includes Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and southern Michigan, as well as the western two-thirds of Kentucky and Tennessee.
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.
Beck's Hybrids announces a continued collaboration with Kinze Mfg. Inc. to conduct onfarm research by providing expertise in hybrid placement, developing spatial management zones and site-specific seeding. Through Becks Practical Farm Research (PFR) Partners program, multi-hybrid corn planting will be utilized in onfarm research in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa in spring of 2014.
The No-Till Farmer team is heading south to Louisville this week to see the latest and greatest equipment innovations at the National Farm Machinery Show and you can follow our live updates.
Early research results from a Beck’s Hybrids study indicate no-tillers may have better alternatives than traditional rubber closing wheels, particularly when planting conditions turn out to be less than ideal.
Which closing wheel is right for no-till operations? That’s the big question Beck’s Hybrids seeks to answer by putting several closing wheel options to the test in multiple locations.
Whether it’s interseeders, highboys or even robots, manufacturers are taking innovative cover-crop seeding equipment, born in the shops of no-tillers and researchers, and bringing them to the marketplace.
In the near future, more no-tillers and strip-tillers than ever before will be able to purchase cutting-edge, cover-crop seeding machines that used to be reserved for field days, research farms and expert welders.
Raven Industries Inc. announced a collaboration with Kinze Manufacturing Inc. to bring a new multi-hybrid planter control system to Kinzes product offering.
Seeding large acreages will happen faster and more efficiently with CrustBuster's new 60-foot no-till Central Fill Drill. CrustBuster has combined its vast experience with seeding in no-till conditions and reputation for building solid reliable drills to offer a large central fill air drill that utilizes the long proven, All Plant Parallel Linkage Double Disk Openers.
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, Westville, Ind., no-tiller Jeff Herrold provides an update on how planting is going so far, and why a potential problem with slugs is causing some early-season anxiety. Herrold also explains why he prefers to plant soybeans before corn.
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