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Kuhn Krause Introduces New Cover Crop Seeder

March 3, 2017 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions
Adding to its line of tillage tools, Kuhn Krause launched its CCX 9000 pneumatic cover crop seeder for use with the company’s Excelerator vertical tillage tools, available in 11- 14- 20- and 25 foot widths. Product Manager Peter Goodge offers an overview of the system, where seed is fed from a 21 cubic foot hopper into an electric drive metering unit that uses a speed signal sent from the tractor and controlled by a Quantron controller for consistent application rate, regardless of speed variation.
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Customer Demands Drive Equipment Innovations

Farm equipment manufacturers are responding to and, in some cases, anticipating farmers’ needs in designing new products. This was evident in the many new developments rolled out during the 2016 Farm Progress Show.
By Farm Equipment Staff posted on October 15, 2016 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions
Not only did Farm Equipment editors carry out their traditional duties of digging for the newest and most innovative products at this year’s Farm Progress Show, but this time we dug a little deeper. This year we spent additional time with exhibitors to get their take on what’s driving new equipment designs and developments and how they’re responding to what they’re hearing from their dealers and customers.
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Machine Seeds Cover Crops, Injects Hog Manure in One Pass

No-tiller Virgil Gutshall Sr. says his rigged-up tanker puts manure nutrients in the root zone in an environmentally responsible manner.
By John Dobberstein posted on July 18, 2016 | Posted in Niche Equipment Markets
A small family owned hog operation in Pennsylvania is the mastermind behind a rig that sidedresses corn with liquid hog manure and seeds cover crops in one pass — possibly the first machine of its kind in the U.S.
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New Cover Crop Seeders Invite Dealer Expertise

October 16, 2015 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions
Recent research by the Conservation Tillage Information Center shows American farmers are beginning to use cover crops in their rotations to conserve moisture, boost yields of subsequent cash crops, fight erosion and add organic matter to their farm fields. With estimates predicting 20 million acres of U.S. cropland to be seeded to cover crops by 2020, the trend amounts to a significant new agronomic enterprise in many areas, even if cover crops are not considered a cash crop.
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