Technology continues to march forward and, as Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie points out, managing the furrow has never been easier, as long as you take time to dial things in. Farmers have ...

Some of those annual limiting factors can be addressed in-furrow via the planter. To build out an in-furrow program may require new equipment, new attachments or rethinking early-season plant ...

New furrow opener design improves crop breeding by precisely placing seeds. Rotating V-shaped rollers create stable soil grooves, limiting seed drift & spacing inconsistencies. Simulations & tests ...

Planting lettuce seedlings in the field. Photo by Lominda Afedraru. Though conditions in UK and Uganda are very different. Large scale commercial farming is faced with a similar challenge: How to ...

Some companies are advertising planters that don’t have to be altered for use in no-till conditions. Nevertheless, the majority of planters need some modification for no-till, says John Siemens, ...

oday’s corn plants are tough. In most cases, that’s a good thing, but strength comes with some drawbacks. Breeding has imparted stalk strength among other traits. Stronger stalks mean better ...

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Grimme has updated its biggest belt planter for the UK market so it can better handle undulating ground found in parts of the domestic potato-growing area. The high-output GB430 belt planter’s natural ...