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Custom-Built Row Crop Planter
“I like the way Monosem custom-builds planters,” says Marty Derks, Chesterville, Ont. “They put together a planter for me that pushes my corn population final stand from 35,000 to 45,000, and twin rows was the only way I could do it without standability problems. I also wanted tracks on a center-fill planter to lower soil compaction. Monosem was the only one that offered a center-fill, twin row planter and tracks.
  “I was able to order a 60-ft. wide, 48-row Monosem planter with their Monoshox down force control and Sync-Row seed stagger timing system for twin rows. However, I could also get sensors and a 20/20 monitor from Precision Planting (so I could see every seed that went into the ground) and Keeton seed firmers. All were installed by Monosem at the factory.
  “I installed a Trimble FMX integrated display and controller as well as a Surefire liquid fertilizer pump and hooked it into the controller. I added a Montag liquid fertilizer cart with a quick connect coupler. This lets me disconnect it in five minutes for switching from corn to soybeans.
  “I had been planting soybeans in twin rows for several years after building a double toolbar with staggered Deere planter units. Twin rows let me drop my soybean population from 165,000 to 98,000 while boosting yields from 58 bu./a. to 78 bu./a.
  “I’ll be using my new Monosem twin row for both corn and soybeans, so I sold the twin row soybean planter. I was able to name my price because several neighbors wanted it after seeing what it did for me.”
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Marty Derks, Chesterville, Ont. Canada (martyderks@hotmail.com)



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2013 - Volume #37, Issue #3