Planter / drill

[furrowtickler]

Lol 😂
So does everyone else then .

[Ronski]

We need a like button. (Is there a minimum letter count to post cause I couldn't submit this until I numbered it up
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[tweety]

It takes a real fool to look at those two crops and not see the problem.

[furrowtickler]

And you seen them first hand have you ? Lol

[tweety]

Just your pictures. Craig has shown over multiple years that while the planter is neato cool, in the end there is no difference to justify it. His conclusions are based on a fair science based trial where things like a poor start from an air seeder don't skew results.

Others have posted some pictures of perfect canola crops with air seeders, but fear your wrath i am sure to push the subject.

You certainly are welcome to convince yourself of anything, but if you're going to publicly post it, expect peer review. Or as you call it, trolling.

[furrowtickler]

That's nice ....
Anyway , yup planters in the past are no different than some of the older drills .
Things change and the new big drills new an excellent job . They have come a long way as have planters . The Horsch is a much different set up than the planters used in those scientific studies.
So again , things change .
And you should come see our canola first hand seeded with the Bourgault then drive and look at others . There is very little difference but I guess you know that from pictures. I know what we see here on a daily basis . Is the planter far better ? No , but depends how you compare apples to apples . I find it interesting to see first hand and apparently so do 13,000 plus other viewers .

[furrowtickler]

1 st trial ...
pioneer 45S56 , 5.6 tkw seed

That was on 3.5 in rain from end Of May till now .

[Lowrider27]

Planter vs drill

All this talk on planters being superior to drills can be summed up in two words. Bull Shit. Go buy yourself a Salford offset disc drill 522 at 40 feet with on board air system and seed tank . Seed deep , seed shallow , seed fast, seed slow , seed dry , seed super wet , seed into 65 bus ac Dur stubble with no fall harrowing or pre working or 40 bus flax stubble in a drought year with zero bunching or burning,,,, what ever. For the difference in price for a similar planter I would have to remortgage my farm and start the learning process all over again. I'm 65 years old now and after 50 years of active farming I've learned one thing. Over a life time of farming , iron doesn't make a huge difference! Managment, timing and rain make the biggest difference to the pocket book and your frame of mind !

[furrowtickler]

Who ever said they were superior ?
I know I never .
It's an out fit that will work for us and was just sharing info .
I am sure that Salford is a very good seeding outfit . How much for a 40 ft Salford with full independent row shut off for seed and liquid fert ? Just asking , I have no idea.
But for us a Salford will not seed corn accurately . Part of our plan is to replace to old JD corn planters as well for custom seeding . Corn seed is expensive and needs singularity to be effective.
Most seeding outs now are very good , the Hawks , Masters , new Bourgault's ,Salford whatever . Use what works on your farm .
Canola seed is only going to get more expensive, a tool like the Horsch may be a fit on some farms , may not , no different than the Salford .
Getting perfectly even germination , crop stand and maturity is one thing that was interesting at 2 lbs / ac . We seeded both into wet and dry here , into worked pea stubble and into wheat stubble that was only harrowed last fall , crop established very well in every situation.
The idea that planters are astronomical in price well , as you know , go price out a new 80 ft drill of any colour . The planter in half price . I don't know , but I would be surprised if the the Salford , with similar options would be that much cheaper but I could be wrong .

[Lowrider27]

P.S

Craig Shaw had a Salford set up for controlled traffic use. He came out and looked at mine before he bought!