Side by sides

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Furrow do you think there will be a yield drag with 15 inch spacing on cereal crops? I do think the new seedmaster would be a fantastic canola drill but do you think there is an advantage over the traditional 12 inch seedmaster?

Yup absolutely too wide in my opinion. But it was here , they wanted to try it and we were willing on 40 ac .
But here is the kicker , Dutch is working on a paired row tip for that SR drill . So then in a year or two it may well be feasible.
Could not pass up the opportunity to try on both wheat and canola.
You never stop learning or passing on info , when you do it’s time to call RB

Or if you live in a fantasy land were you average 50 bus canola, never have frost issues , never have flea beetles, farming is easy and you live in a very closed world .
But that’s not a reality for 80 to 90 % of Western Canada

Plus for many reasons, we wanted to try side by side with Horsch planter
It was a 2 for 1 deal so we made time
Curiosity more than anything

[Rinker]

Furrow, you're the only guy on here posting trials. My hats off to you. Keep the information coming, us small time guys really appreciate it. Thanks.

[Hamloc]

Yup absolutely too wide in my opinion. But it was here , they wanted to try it and we were willing on 40 ac .
But here is the kicker , Dutch is working on a paired row tip for that SR drill . So then in a year or two it may well be feasible.
Could not pass up the opportunity to try on both wheat and canola.
You never stop learning or passing on info , when you do it’s time to call RB

Or if you live in a fantasy land were you average 50 bus canola, never have frost issues , never have flea beetles, farming is easy and you live in a very closed world .
But that’s not a reality for 80 to 90 % of Western Canada

Plus for many reasons, we wanted to try side by side with Horsch planter
It was a 2 for 1 deal so we made time
Curiosity more than anything

The one advantage of the Seedmaster would be being able to apply all the fertilizer and seed in one pass. The Horsch requires a separate pass for the majority of the fertilizer, correct?
As I said I do think the new seedmaster is an interesting machine.

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The one advantage of the Seedmaster would be being able to apply all the fertilizer and seed in one pass. The Horsch requires a separate pass for the majority of the fertilizer, correct?
As I said I do think the new seedmaster is an interesting machine.

Yes that is a big disadvantage on the Horsch and a huge plus for the SM

[dmlfarmer]

...Or if you live in a fantasy land were you average 50 bus canola, never have frost issues , never have flea beetles, farming is easy and you live in a very closed world .
But that’s not a reality for 80 to 90 % of Western Canada...

Always on my mind! LMAO!

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Corn 🌽 plots , 14 varieties there. 7 early and 7 mid to late maturity.




Soybeans, just 2 early varieties

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Furrow do you think there will be a yield drag with 15 inch spacing on cereal crops? I do think the new seedmaster would be a fantastic canola drill but do you think there is an advantage over the traditional 12 inch seedmaster?

Just following up with that thought…

Today

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12 in paired row



15 in single row , same seed rate

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12 in paired row


15 single row



Population very dense in that single row as expected

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The 15 in rows have nearly filled in now

Will be interesting at heading

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Nexera 1030 RR , had moderate frost damage on May 31 , June 1 and June 3


Recovered very well after being sprayed for beetles along with Alpine F18

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PV 591 right beside the Nexera 1030. Same fertility, seed rates both at 220,000 seed per ac planted 2 days early but had the same frosts .
Was extremely slow to recover and had 30% more loss . Not impressed with this variety and or seed lot . Way to sluggish then prematurely bolted before we could get F18 on
May turn out ok , but huge difference from the 1030