Side by sides

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Wheat …

Bourgault 12 in space , 3.5 in paired row right , New seed master 15 in SR

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Bourgault



SR seed master

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Not a fan of 12 inch spacing in cereals and lentils.

Too much real estate left unused.

In Europe wheat is seeded on 6inch rows .

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Not a fan of 12 inch spacing in cereals and lentils.

Too much real estate left unused.

In Europe wheat is seeded on 6inch rows .

That’s why we like the paired row, puts us at 8.5 without a million shanks in the ground

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The canola side by side with Horsch planter and the SR Seed master …


Horsch right , SM left

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Horsch at 2.5 lbs on 15 in


SM at 3.5 lbs on 15 in



Both same variety, same seed lot , same fertility

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Both close when looked from back a bit
Will be interesting

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In this plot with the SM , we did 3.5 , 4 and 4.5 lbs . On both sides and the rest of the field is the Horsch at 2.5 lbs or 220,000 seeds per ac
We typically stay close to 200,000 but were concerned about very dry conditions after planting. This field got nipped by frost but just twice .
The SM looks more consistent in general, and that’s a function of cold and direct seeding with a planter without row cleaners

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And yes , without a doubt ever , seed quality matters in cold dry conditions at emergence….


Everything identical… I will leave it at that
Many of you are seeing the same thing in that BASF thread .

I have seen this off and on for 30 years , and when it happens, it’s deer in the headlights look 👀. Not fun but absolute reality

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Wheatland HRSW …


Was happy with this variety last year even in very drought conditions
Seeded with ole bourgault May 14