Posted by paul on September 04, 2015 at 19:15:27 from (66.44.132.180):
In Reply to: 30in row vs 36in posted by hoosierhog on September 04, 2015 at 10:39:31:
Different areas can be different.
If around here, you won't find much different 20 30 or 38 inch on corn. If you are running 2000 acres then might want to look into a twin row planter, they are spendy but can coax a little more bushels out of the field. Figuring in the added expense of rare corn harvesting equipment for small operations, what little gain you might get for 30 inch in corn is wiped out by the special harvest equipment needed....
On beans, over 30 inch has the potential to be disappointing. Some years it works well, but combine a lower yield once in a while, and worse weeds, so its a little disappointing.
Fortunately, if you spray for weeds you can easily double plant and end up with 19 or 18 inch bean rows. You can't plant good enough to cultivate, but with herbicides the double planting works great. Shoup and other places sell the special slowdown sprocket you need to plant a half a population each pass. If you have level smooth fields you can drive faster with the slower sprocket so you don't even loose too much time.
JD 7000 is a fine planter, if you choose to you can modernize with Presision Planting seed meters and tubes for corn for extra very accurate seed placement, and replace the seed cups for beans with any of several brands of soybean meters that place soybean seed very nicely. Great planter.
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