The cups spill a certain volume of soybeans into the ground. So both speed you drive and size of seed affects your plant population. With bin run seed in the 1970s and 80s that wasn't a big deal, everyone enjoyed planting beans a little heavy no problem.
With expensive seed today, the meters work much more like a corn unit, picking out single seeds in a groove and planting them individually. You have much more control at hitting your population just right.
In general you will be happy with either Kinze or JD bean meters. There are minor differences and some like the JD a tad more, but they can be a bit harder to adjust, and so on. In the end, look for good used ones, and buy whichever you fine they will work fine.
Shoup makes their own now as well, but there seem to be a lot less of them around, and if you need parts you are dependant upon a mich smaller source for parts..... I think they work fine, but I'd worry a bit about the future......
I got some used Kinze a few years ago, work great.
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