Custom-Built Row Crop Planter

Custom-Built Row Crop Planter PLANTERS “I like the way Monosem custom-builds planters ” says Marty Derks Chesterville Ont “They put together a planter for me that pushes my corn population final stand from 35 000 to 45 000 and twin rows was the only way I could do it without standability problems I also wanted tracks on a center-fill planter to lower soil compaction Monosem was the only one that offered a center-fill twin row planter and tracks “I was able to order a 60-ft wide 48-row Monosem planter with their Monoshox down force control and Sync-Row seed stagger timing system for twin rows However I could also get sensors and a 20/20 monitor from Precision Planting so I could see every seed that went into the ground and Keeton seed firmers All were installed by Monosem at the factory “I installed a Trimble FMX integrated display and controller as well as a Surefire liquid fertilizer pump and hooked it into the controller I added a Montag liquid fertilizer cart with a quick connect coupler This lets me disconnect it in five minutes for switching from corn to soybeans “I had been planting soybeans in twin rows for several years after building a double toolbar with staggered Deere planter units Twin rows let me drop my soybean population from 165 000 to 98 000 while boosting yields from 58 bu /a to 78 bu /a “I’ll be using my new Monosem twin row for both corn and soybeans so I sold the twin row soybean planter I was able to name my price because several neighbors wanted it after seeing what it did for me ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Marty Derks Chesterville Ont Canada martyderks@hotmail com

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