To help create a narrow profile for easier insertion into the soil, planters with evenly matched seed opener
discs (e.g., John Deere, Kinze, White) should be pinched together along the periphery of the blades at the
soil entry point — close enough to firmly hold a business card between the discs.
A planter must accomplish three key responsibilities in a no-till system: planting seed at a uniform depth, closing the furrow so that the seed is in proper contact with soil to start germination and maintaining uniform seed spacing.
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Titan International, a big piece of equipment is unveiled at the Kinze Product Innovation Day in Williamsburg, Iowa.
We have engineered and developed the most advanced concave system that threshes all crops, eliminates rotor loss, improves grain quality, gives you a cleaner sample – all with one set of XPR concaves.
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