Technology continues to change planting practices, allowing growers to maximize efficiencies while reducing inputs during the crucial planting season. Swiderski Equipment is proud to offer Precision Planting technology to our customers as a Premiere dealer and took a group of 20 customers to the Winter Conference January 18-19, 2018 at the Precision Planting headquarters in Tremont, IL.
The group learned about the various Precision Planting products and their return on production and efficiency to each operation. The group also saw the unveiling of new technology from Precision Planting. Below is a recap of new products for 2018.
The company also announced the opening of the Precision Technology Institute (PTI) located in Pontiac, Ill., a 200-acre farm to serve as an agronomic research site, as well as a location where farmers can experience Precision Planting technologies and products in a real-farm environment.
“As Precision Planting continues to look for opportunities to improve the way we plant, we are actively investing in progress and development for the future. Today we launched new technologies that address real problems and are another step toward helping farmers become smarter every season,” said Brad Arnold, Precision Planting general manager. “The establishment of the PTI in Pontiac will enhance our research efforts and help us demonstrate how precision agriculture can enable farmers to increase yields and ROI by ensuring the seeds they plant maintain their top-end yield potential at emergence, while keeping input costs to a minimum.”
The new products launched include the 20|20® monitor, which provides an advanced agronomic picture, allowing farmers to optimize planting, harvest and application decisions with a smart, intuitive interface that visualizes performance and field conditions in real time. The 20|20 monitor powers the most agronomic-advanced systems on the market that control population, down force, liquid application, multi-hybrid planting and higher-speed planting, all while sensing the furrow. The 20|20 monitor also helps collect the most spatially accurate yield data available and provides information for setting the planter to maximize ear count. This allows farmers to not only have the accurate data to make those crucial decisions but also gives them the equipment and powerful automation to make decisions during each pass through the field.
The new SeederForce™ is the first step toward bringing Precision Planting technology into the air-seeder market. Compatible with John Deere 60 and 90-Series Air Seeders, SeederForce is an automated downforce control system that initially measures the amount of weight present on the gauge wheels of the row unit and compares that to the target set by the farmer on the 20|20 display. SeederForce then automatically changes the hydraulic pressure present on the rockshaft cylinder to increase or decrease the row unit down force to maintain the target weight set by the operator, resulting in a more consistent seeding depth and more uniform emergence of the crop.
For switching between hybrids when crossing into different zones, the new mSet™ allows for two hybrids to be planted in the field using a single meter with a dual compartment hopper and a seed selector. The seed selector fills the vSet® meter with a small pool of the hybrid being planted, and when it’s time to plant the other hybrid, it fills the meter with the second hybrid from the other section of the hopper. Transitions happen quickly thanks to a seed pool level sensor that tells the seed selector when more seed is needed. mSet is compatible with both seed tubes as well as SpeedTube® for maximizing acres per hour and gaining profitability from multi-hybrid planting.
For more information on any of the Precision Planting products or how to upgrade your current planter, contact our Precision Farming Division.
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