Planter / drill

[Braveheart]

Furrow, what tractor do you use on that drill? JD planters need nothing short of a super tractor (weight, power, hyd capacity) on the front of their drills.

[AC man]

Very even emergence compared to your drill. It would be interesting to see a side by side trial with a seedmaster or equivalent type of drill. My neighbor has a seedmaster which produces very evenly emerged crops,but only seeding at 4 mph.

[farmaholic]

And to think I'm satisfied with mine under the circumstances, those pictures make mine look like a joke.


Impressive!

[tweety]

Really only proves how crappy your Bourgault is. Lots of drills can seed just as nice as that planter. A 15" row spacing in lots of trials has shown reduced yield to narrower so you are already behind. For example winter wheat:



Even corn on 12 inch spacing with up to 100,000 seeds per acre shows much higher yields, they are just harder to harvest with existing row spaced eq.

They originally were 40 inch spacing because that was the width of a horse, then 30 because that would accommodate most tractor tires. But most progressive farmers and researchers know that narrow spacing is the key to better yields.

So maybe don't get trapped in the past with your thinking.

[sumdumguy]

Thank goodness for farmer experimenters. Nothing much comes out of the paid "researchers", but the farm workshop has been the mother of AG invention.

[Generation 5]

how is it for going through mud or wet spots?

[farmaholic]

Someone please call a whambulance for me.....

My piece of shit paralink and crap Rogator make a shitty job of getting a crop established. Have to start looking for some better performing iron. Good thing Farm Progress show is.this month.

[furrowtickler]

Lol. Tweety. Your ignorance glows off the page lol

[Hamloc]

Tweety, as far as row spacing for canola I would disagree with you on narrower is always better. Canola would in my opinion benefit from wider row spacing due to a better aerated canopy. Very interested in what you have for a drill. In my experience neighbor with 5710 and 5810 bourgault drill have good germ. In my own case I have used both a flexi oil 5000 with 3.5 inch Dutch low draft and my present drill with atom jet sideband. I experienced no loss of yield going from twin row Dutch to single row both on 10 inch spacing in cereals. In Canola I would say on average I experienced a slight yield improvement with the atom jet over the Dutch low draft but no testing to back that up. More consistent germ for sure. It would be interesting to hear from seedmaster owners with a ultra pro canola meter.

[Guest]

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Really only proves how crappy your Bourgault is. Lots of drills can seed just as nice as that planter. A 15" row spacing in lots of trials has shown reduced yield to narrower so you are already behind. For example winter wheat:

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Even corn on 12 inch spacing with up to 100,000 seeds per acre shows much higher yields, they are just harder to harvest with existing row spaced eq.

They originally were 40 inch spacing because that was the width of a horse, then 30 because that would accommodate most tractor tires. But most progressive farmers and researchers know that narrow spacing is the key to better yields.

So maybe don't get trapped in the past with your thinking.

you are a piece of work ?
curious , what's your seeding unit of choice ?