Planter / drill

[malleefarmer]

hey farma most guys here in oz love rogators almost deemed to be the rolls Royce of sprayers.
ps I don't own one never been in one

[Klause]

Grass there's a guy down by pilot mound with a great plains twin row machine... He can actually plant cover crops along with double corn rows.

[grassfarmer]

I've been reading a lot of research and experiences of farmers in the US with seeding corn at 15" versus 30" and getting better yields. Makes sense to me as 12" by 15" is better spacing than 6" by 30" in terms of equal room to grow. Had our corn custom seeded with a planter in 30" rows this year but wish i'd read the research earlier - especially as ours will be grazed so corn headers aren't an issue.
I'd love to be able to seed corn on 30" rows and seed hairy vetch down the middle but I guess the planter that did ours wasn't designed to do that?

[furrowtickler]

Braveheart
We used a fwa JD 8310 R

Someone please call a whambulance for me.....

My piece of shit paralink and crap Rogator make a shitty job of getting a crop established. Have to start looking for some better performing iron. Good thing Farm Progress show is.this month.

I love my rogator, lol

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Really only proves how crappy your Bourgault is. Lots of drills can seed just as nice as that planter. A 15" row spacing in lots of trials has shown reduced yield to narrower so you are already behind. For example winter wheat:

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Even corn on 12 inch spacing with up to 100,000 seeds per acre shows much higher yields, they are just harder to harvest with existing row spaced eq.

They originally were 40 inch spacing because that was the width of a horse, then 30 because that would accommodate most tractor tires. But most progressive farmers and researchers know that narrow spacing is the key to better yields.

So maybe don't get trapped in the past with your thinking.

you are a piece of work ?
curious , what's your seeding unit of choice ?

[Hamloc]

Tweety, as far as row spacing for canola I would disagree with you on narrower is always better. Canola would in my opinion benefit from wider row spacing due to a better aerated canopy. Very interested in what you have for a drill. In my experience neighbor with 5710 and 5810 bourgault drill have good germ. In my own case I have used both a flexi oil 5000 with 3.5 inch Dutch low draft and my present drill with atom jet sideband. I experienced no loss of yield going from twin row Dutch to single row both on 10 inch spacing in cereals. In Canola I would say on average I experienced a slight yield improvement with the atom jet over the Dutch low draft but no testing to back that up. More consistent germ for sure. It would be interesting to hear from seedmaster owners with a ultra pro canola meter.

[furrowtickler]

Lol. Tweety. Your ignorance glows off the page lol

[farmaholic]

Someone please call a whambulance for me.....

My piece of shit paralink and crap Rogator make a shitty job of getting a crop established. Have to start looking for some better performing iron. Good thing Farm Progress show is.this month.

[Generation 5]

how is it for going through mud or wet spots?