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Planting With Precision For Southeast Farmers

0 Posted by Chuck – October 23rd, 2009

Bruce SauderBesides taking part in the field demonstrations at Sunbelt Ag Expo I also wandered through the indoor exhibits. The first one I stopped at was Precision Planting. I spoke with Bruce Sauder about what is new with the company that producers were getting to see in their exhibit.

He says that some of the new units that they’ve come out with this year include a 20/20 RowFlow Module that controls the population rate of seed as you move through the field and swath control for minimizing overplanting. Bruce says the swath control can save as much as 2 bushels of seed in a 240 acre center pivot.

You can listen to my interview with Bruce below:

Sunbelt Ag Expo 2009 Photo Album

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Precision In The Field at Sunbelt Ag Expo

0 Posted by Chuck – October 23rd, 2009

Trimble BoothThe 2009 Sunbelt Ag Expo has concluded and it did include a number of exhibits from precision product companies. One of those, having the largest field demonstration wasTrimble. I stopped and spoke with Matt Hesse, Autopilot Sales Manager.

The company was showing various levels of precision integration. They had two different land leveling systems. One used a GPS control and one used a 2D laser system. They also had their new TrueGuide passive implement steering system in use. This system puts an antenna on the implement to tell the tractor where it is so the tractor knows how much to move in relation to the desired line to optimize the placement of the implement. They also had their TrueTracker System on multiple tractors and implements.

Matt says that they take applications that are not possible for human beings and put them into a machine to do it for us. This ultimately increases efficiencies that have produced up to 20 bushels per acre increases in corn.

Feel free to check out my photos from this year’s Sunbelt Ag Expo 2009 Photo Album. My visit to the show was made possible by Growth Energy.

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