Blog Category: John Deere

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!

It's finally here...the Gator Utility Vehicle that looks, feels, and handles like your SUV or pickup truck. We're excited to introduce the brand-new, John Deere XUV835R and XUV865R Signature Edition Gator Utility Vehicles. In this blog, we'll dive into the new and exclusive features on these new products.

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Harvest may be wrapping up, but that doesn’t mean that this year’s growing season is completely over. When the combines are stored in the shed, there is still one step left. This step involves making decisions for next year’s growing season based on the data that has been collected in the current growing season.  

Yield maps are a valuable agronomic decision making tool. Unfortunately, they are rarely perfect straight out of the combine. By understanding common problems and their symptoms, many of these issues can be avoided during harvest or repaired in the John Deere Operations Center with a few simple steps.

Combines are incredibly complicated machines, with multiple systems that need to be adjusted independently for the best performance. By better understanding these systems and through our free Guide to Successful Combine Adjustments, you can experience a successful harvest this season.

The John Deere HarvestLab 3000 is one of the most versatile and impressive sensors on the market. With one sensor you can measure forage quality during harvest, use it as a benchtop laboratory analysis tool for measuring stored feed, and even use it as a liquid manure constituent sensor. This enables real-time decision making that improves animal health, feed management decisions, and applications of liquid manure to crop ground.

John Deere recently announced that its telematic service, JDLink, is now available for no cost on all compatible machines. There are many benefits to using this system, such as connected support, machine information, and agronomic data. The process of activating machines is simple, and can be completed in minutes.

Being a precision agriculture specialist is one of the most exciting jobs at a John Deere dealership. Every day is different, you get to work hands-on with the latest agriculture technology, and have a hand in growing customer success.

Learn the key steps to winterizing your John Deere planter before putting it away for winter storage. By following a few easy steps, you will extend the life of your planter and maximize future performance. When winterized correctly, planters will be protected from environmental conditions, chemicals, and rodents and will be ready to plant as soon as spring arrives.

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.