Canola and planters

[furrowtickler]

Furrow how is the maestro for trash clearence

It’s better to go into standing stubble , we pre worked some this year with the turbo till and it’s not ideal when trash lays flat .
Stubble when put NH3 last fall then lightly harrowed this spring was good .
They are not the best dealing with heavy trash , nature of the beast .
But it still has very good emergence either way

[tubs]

Furrow how is the maestro for trash clearence

[furrowtickler]

Now we just run the bourgault in cereals , but still do canola or peas if we have too

[furrowtickler]

Ya we are in our 4th year . So far we are happy with it
We Needed either a much bigger drill , that would require a bigger tractor and more hydraulics .... well that would of cost us way over double the planter . Every farm will be different situation.
We pull it with a old 9270 case . Very cheap to run
We seed canola , peas , Blackbeans and have seeded soybeans with it . And do some custom corn planting
The only issue is getting the N down ahead or after .
40ft at 7-8 mph covers a lot of ground in a hurry with very fast fills . 850 gal liquid phos and your Rollin again .

[FarmJunkie]

Neighbour uses one on most his crop. Comes up perfect at a low seeding rate. Only thing I noticed is that if u aren’t on the weed control patrol the spacing can cause u some grief. Wet years where timing doesn’t allow it it can get out of hand. Other than that u can’t beat it. Oh ya and possible maintenance costs on planter. Like any machine.

[Misterjade9]

Anybody still planting canola? A few years ago planters were all the rage and people seemed to have good luck seeding canola with them and now you hear nothing. Was it a fad, are people still using them,were they cost prohibited just to have one machine to sow canola?