What's New From NFMS 

By: By Karen McMahon and Mike Boyatt

Heavy-duty chisel BRILLION REBUILT its popular coulter chisel and introduced it as the new Soil Builder II. It is equipped with large cutting coulters...

Air-delivered seed system 

Kinze's new 3660 SDS Twin-Line planter will be ready for planting in 2009. The planter features an air-delivery system for transferring seed from the central hopper to individual row units instead of a mechanical system...

Planter manager 

A planter operator now has more real-time planting information with Precision Planting¹s new 20/20 SeedSense system. SeedSense lets the operator see on-the-go population, singulation,...

Precision payoff 

By: By David Hest

The Promise of precision agriculture is paying off with new by-the-row planter technologies that allow farmers to cut seed costs 9 to 15%. And by-the-nozzle...

Tough enough for corn 

By: By Jodie Wehrspann

When Strip-Tillage first emerged as a method to conserve soil on Midwest farms, the setup was pretty simple. Mole knives named for their ability to form...

By-the-row savings 

By: By David Hest

Beginning in 2006, after using precision ag technologies on his farm for more than a decade, Mike Ellis hit precision pay dirt. That's when he began testing...

More sections ahead 

By: By David Hest

For farmers who have invested in automated steering and guidance systems, swath control systems for planters and sprayers often rise to the top of their...

Controllers 

Ag Leader Technology The SeedCommand clutch control system now controls up to 36 planter sections. The Insight DirectCommand module for sprayers controls...

Talk 

Grain drill boxes I am looking for grain boxes for a 1983 United Farm Tools Speedy Drill. The boxes are 79 in.Gene GrudzinskiAshton, NE United Farm Tools...

FinOvation 2008 

By: By Karen McMahon

Case IH Puma Case IH's new family of row-crop tractors called the Puma line is our winner in the mid-horsepower category. Four new Puma models run from...