Blog Category: Agronomic News

Platte Valley Equipment customer, Jerame Rief, leaves us with his final thoughts on John Deere's Soybean Singulation Seed Discs after using them for the first time this year. Read more about his experience here!

One of the most frequently asked questions our teams receive during the planting season is how to correctly set planter downforce margin. Unfortunately, there is no straight-forward answer or a standard number to enter into the display. However, by understanding how downforce margin works and some best practices for setting it correctly, it can be successfully achieved.

John Deere recently released an exciting upgrade for planting soybeans with MaxEmerge XP, MaxEmerge 5, and MaxEmerge 5e row units. The new 64-hole soybean seed disk is a departure from traditional soybean disks, but will result in many agronomic benefits such as improved seed singulation, seed spacing, and population control. As a result, planting soybeans at university recommended lower seeding rates will maintain yields while saving on seed costs, thereby improving profits.

Research Agrees: Your Closing Wheels Deserve a Second Thought.

You may not give much thought to those two chunks of rubber at the end of your row units. However, research shows those closing wheels matter more now than ever. Why?

Snow's on the ground, but spring will come eventually. With spring comes planting.