Posted by PreciseFarms on June 04, 2010 at 20:19:54 from (98.159.203.240):
In Reply to: soybean population posted by J Heitkemper on June 04, 2010 at 11:02:26:
We go with 150k/acre with a planter so we get pretty close to that actual stand. That is why we went back to a planter in the mid-90s. We were running two 750 no-till drills and population and stand were never consistent enough for the expensive seed coming along. It wasnt too bad when you used to plant public varieties and could save seed each year. We are on our second Deere 15in split-row planter. Nothing will plant corn and beans more accurately and you only have one machine for all of it. In addition to the 12/23 row Deere we also have a Kinze 6/11 that is similar. It does a pretty good job but won"t plant as fast, in as hard a ground conditions, and it isn"t central fill. The split-row planter, no matter what the brand is the way to go. You get a much better stand and you know your population all the time, no matter what the seed size is, you just watch the monitor count them off for you. A good Kinze like we have sells for about 15 to 20k. The only thing ours gets used for is planting over corn now since we reduced acres about 5 years ago, but it is very handy for that, would only be better if it was integral and not drawn. Long post for an opinion, but long story short, drills are for small grains, a planter is the stuff for accurate planting.
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