Article courtesy of Chat ‘n Chew Cafe. Oddball seed sizes may vary in seed quality. Oddball seed sizes require planter adjustments. Some of the talk uptown at the Midway Cafe this spring has centered ...

A well-stocked tractor cab sets the stage for a smooth planting season. Beyond good snacks and a solid playlist, a perfectly packed cab kit can reduce a planting frustration or two. The team at ...

Precision Planting, LLC, Tremont, Illinois, has announced the Keeton Seed Firmer, FurrowJet and SmartFirmer products are now compatible with John Deere ExactEmerge row units. There are additional ...

The rising price of seed is one of the factors causing farmers to become interested in automatic row control. For example, corn seed costs $125 per acre or more. "It may seem like crop fields in North ...

Potato kit specialist Standen Engineering has launched its new SR200 planter, which has a clever cup design that allows it to cope with longer and larger potato seed. Ely-based Standen has a history ...

The development of a simply made and easy-to-use planting device could make growing important herbs and beneficial insect-attracting plants significantly more efficient and effective. The low-cost ...

The label for the rhizoctonia seed treatment, RhiNo DS (flutolanil) has been extended to now include potato seed grown for seed. Already an established planter applied powder treatment for commercial ...

An inventive Norfolk farmer has solved a machinery quandary by designing his own home-built precision seed planter – made using 3D-printed plastic parts. Many farmers are inherent tinkerers and ...