Articles Tagged with ''Fertilizer application''

Lanco High Output Spreaders

Lanco Introduces 4 New High Output Spreaders

Lanco Manufacturing recently unveiled 4 new high output spreaders designed to meet the needs of farmers in the mid-size and small spreader market. Known for being a machine that can spread lime, litter, bio-solids, pen pack, horse manure and more without changing attachments, the new Lanco high output spreaders mean Lanco can now reach a new customer base.
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Case IH Introduces the Nutri-Placer 930 Coulter

Case IH introduced its Nutri-Place 930 coulter at the 2017 National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville. The company said the new coulter is a high speed, low disturbance (HSLD) option that is capable of speeds up to 11 mph allowing operators to over 510 acres in a 12 hour day. According to Dave Long, Case IH Pull-type Fertilizer Applicators Marketing Manager, extensive field tests prove the toolbar’s increased efficiency is matched with superior agronomic performance.
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Kuhn North America Launches Precision Fertilizer Spreading with Axent 100.1

Kuhn North America introduces the Axent 100.1, which it calls the industry’s first precision fertilizer spreader. The new spreader is able to spread both wide and precisely. “What really blows people away is that it’s able to spread Urea 120 feet. And the competition can only spread it 90 feet, at most,” says Ryan Pearcy. He says the additional efficiency gained are substantial. For example, a customer spreader go cover almost 350 more acres a day, or $2,000 more income per day at $6 per acre.
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What’s Trending in Ag Application Technology?

Developments in applying crop nutrients and pesticides have come fast and furious during the last decade. Many of the newest breakthroughs are aimed at ‘site-specific’ management of inputs, nozzles and individual nozzle control, and soil applications.
“We’ve been diverted from innovation for a while in the spray industry as we tackled spray drift issues,” says Ken Giles, University of California-Davis professor of agricultural engineering. “In the next 10 years, the focus is going to shift from drift reduction to precision placement of chemicals. We’re going to focus on targeted coverage and how consistent application can be within that targeted coverage.”
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