I took a short, 100-minuteish road trip to Wisconsin Dells to check out the 2025 Precision Planting Winter Conference yesterday. Farmers and dealers from across the area gathered inside the Glacier Canyon Conference Center to watch the program.
It didn’t take long for Sabanto to make its mark in the ag technology industry. The company started building its first autonomy kit from scratch in a 3-car garage in September 2019 and just 7 months later was autonomously planting in the field.
Canadian company Clean Seed Ag Technologies showcases the new Smart Seeder Max, a no-till one pass precision planter. The blades allow for the cutting action of a coulter, fracturing the soil just enough to allow for seeding and fertilizer placement. The Smart Seeder Max boasts a unique variable rate delivery system, which applies precise rates for up to five different products, independently at each opener over the span of the entire no-till drill.
Concord's NT30HD Double Disc Drill with integral tank is a 30-foot-wide model that offers an improved air distribution system, as well as a more simplified design for easier calibration and clean-out.
The Concord NT30SD Single Disc Drill with integral tank is a 30-foot-wide model that offers an improved air distribution system, as well as a more simplified design for easier calibration and clean-out.
The True Speed system, developed by Kinze, consists of a high-speed electric meter and seed delivery tube enabling corn and soybean farmers to plant at speeds up to 12 mph, while maintaining precise singulation and seed spacing.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we look at President Trump's tariff reduction on ag equipment, the latest dealer sales forecasts, and how high input costs are keeping farmer sentiment down.
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