Interesting drill!

[STR1]

Just watched a video on you tube with president of company and he stated a 60' on 12" spacing with 430bu tank is competitively priced at around 3/4 million!!!

[furrowtickler]

STR - go price out a full load seed hawk or seed master - they are not far off I would think .

[furrowtickler]

Or a full load bourgault for that matter , and none of those machines are even close to the tec of the smart seed - not even close , but then again totally different seeding systems

[STR1]

That's why he states "competitively" priced.

[farmaholic]

If that pod holds up to six products(or is capable of metering six products simultaneously, because of the size of the pod there can't be much product of each in it at any given time. If each pod has it's own circuit board...yikes. One other problem would be filling the nurse tank. You would either have to put it in transport or need an awful long reach auger/conveyor. One thing he mentioned that seems to be counter to what we've been taught is the loose ground beneath the seed. I was always led to believe it is best to have your seed pressed onto firm moist ground to help ensure germination before the seed bed has a chance to dry out. It seems the soil will dry to the depth worked unless it is very firmly packed. I guess I will have to look on their website to see what the opener looks like and how much ground clearance they have in the raised position

[farmaholic]

Six circuit boards per pod...

[blackpowder]

Opener style aside. Its the gravity drop precision metrring from an air fed tank above metering wheel that i predict as future. Just me.
I also maintain Bourgault has gone as far as they can with some of their technology. One size fits all sausage grinder auger into one air stream then section controled after. The only fix they make to a drill is to keep making it heavier per foot. Again, just my prediction..

[farmaholic]

When It's bought the Bourgault I told them their metering and distribution system was archaic....but it works and the many possibilities of blending 4-5 products(depending on how many compartments on the tank) into a double shoot system is nice.

How much hair splitting is needed to grow cheap commodity crops....the industry will steal your efficiencies anyway!!! If you could effectively get your canola seeding rate down to three pounds per acre....seed will cost $20/lb....

[blackpowder]

Agreed. There are better ways to do it. But along the way everyone forgets the kiss method. Paying for it all on thin margins.

[iceman]

Bucket,
Maybe wheatnowcanola knows the price of one?
Alberta cash price of course!
I bet a couple of #Albertabriefcases coming to a Cervus AB dealership in the near future

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