Seedmaster issues

[farmaholic]

Would a sixty foot drill really skew if shank orientation was all the same? Surely there is enough drag in 60 feet to keep it straight, unless hillsides would be a problem. I like the carelessness the Bourg MRB allows me when not having to worry about good separation in high fert applications. I will definitely say I think there's a problem of too much seperation under dry conditions if there is more rooting down than lateral root movememt....even though we add a starter blend to the seedrow made with a Dutch Universal 2 inch spread tip.

Wouldn't it be nice if it didn't matter!

[macdon02]

If I could only get a decent rain.......

Everything works some of the time and nothing works all of the time. Moisture redeems all sins

[TOM4CWB]

Would a sixty foot drill really skew if shank orientation was all the same? Surely there is enough drag in 60 feet to keep it straight, unless hillsides would be a problem. I like the carelessness the Bourg MRB allows me when not having to worry about good separation in high fert applications. I will definitely say I think there's a problem of too much seperation under dry conditions if there is more rooting down than lateral root movememt....even though we add a starter blend to the seedrow made with a Dutch Universal 2 inch spread tip.

Wouldn't it be nice if it didn't matter!

Ahhh... PeRFECTION!!!

Thinking can be dangerous...

We have installed sure-shot on our sprayer... so inside of boom on corners does not over-apply and outside under-apply... to get rid of those [over-application] nasty burns on inside and poor coverage on outside of turns....

Guess what... seeder is doing the same thing... way over rate [on inside of curve] and way under rate on outside of seeder that is going over twice as fast.... [can be stopped inside... 10mph on outside of sharp corner] . New Holland has an electric motor on each section controlled run[ 5 runs on our 50']... so it could slow down inside seeder run motors... and speed up outside run motors to get rate up... when making corners... Deere can't do this with the section control system set up they have [hyd motor driving whole meter pack right across all 8 runs [on 56'] all at the same speed] side to side inside to outside of seeder on curved turn.
New Holland motors giving trouble this year...stole motors off extra runs when some quit... Deere section controls jam up... have to pull Deere meter pack and clean out [section control run that is sticking] when sometimes section control gates won't shut off when whole meter pack is still running...

The more complex it gets... Deere loads up seed[especially canola] on each section control [that is shut with meter pack still going for one of the other sections still seeding]... then dumps a bunch when it starts one of the section controllers[that was stopped]...New Holland system does not do this with individual electric motors on each run [that shuts off each run individually]when doing [one or more of the] section controls on pie shaped seeding. Square fields... without pot holes full of water... no need for all this monstrosity of seeder and sprayer section controllers [c/w $500K seeders and sprayers]!

God help us all if GPS goes down! Hoe to seed and weed would be interesting world view!!!

The luddite put potholes back and farm with horses environmentalists... wouldn't be farming / getting their food from the basement over the internet... THE WORLD OF PARADOXES AND MANAGERIAL GOVERNMENT/ HIGH TECH... JOBS...CAN BE PERPLEXING... FORGETFUL JOE AND COTTAGE JUSTIN... LIVE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD THAN US. DEFUND THE POLICE AND NO JAIL FOR THIEVES... NO carbon FUELS... ONLY need 5G INTERNET to succeed!!!

[Braveheart]

We have a Seedmaster and use high rates but can't say we've seen fertilizer damage on the turns. Sometimes the three ranks leave seed not in the furrow, but under the hump between furrows (because of the turning). This results in the seed buried deeper and slower to emerge or just not coming up. Fertilizer should be below the seedrow even if they overlap.

[Guest]

I just wonder , wheat was really slow this year
Like 101 said it is wheat that takes it the hardest
But we shut one tank fert off when seeding on angle when coming into headland and your finishing up pie shape into headland , so it should look better and it doesnt
And plug fert runs look horrible and yellow with none beside row
Think it was just the non stop wind, cold and dry

[FarmJunkie]

I believe u a definitely right Case on the wind. Anywhere our canola is protected by bush or down in a lower spot where is sheltered is covering the ground. Out in the open it’s struggled due to abuse and I would say cooler temps. Combination of wind and lower night time temps has everything dragging its ass