Thursday, May 12, 2011

May Equipment Highlight

Thursday May 12 and time for our May Equipment Highlight to continue. Even though spring planting is over for the 2011 The AGTV Network focus is on John Deere planting equipment. Lots of choice to get your crop into the ground. What is you preference: a planter, air seeder or box drill. Deere has you covered.


We start with planters. While the drawn planter is the traditional method lots of choice exist.
1750 Drawn Conservation Planter

The 1750 series, lots of choices, features and benefits.


  • SeedStar™2 monitoring system... more
  • Seed variable rate drive... more
  • Improved pneumatic downforce system... more
  • Row cleaner options to meet residue management needs... more
  • MaxEmerge XP™ and Pro-Series XP™... more
  • Folding markers... more
  • Granular fertilizer systems... more
  • Liquid fertilizer systems... more
Commodity storage
  • 1.6-bu or 3.0-bu seed hoppers available... more
Destination
  • Destination country code... more
  • Language option code... more
Drive system
  • Ground-contact drive wheel... more
  • Drive wheel disconnect... more
  • Seed variable-rate drive... more
  • Seed transmission... more
  • Pro-Shaft™ drive... more
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  • Granular fertilizer systems... more
  • Liquid fertilizer systems... more
  • Openers for liquid fertilizer... more
Frame
  • Frames - general configuration information... more
  • 1750 Drawn Rigid-Frame Planter... more
  • Variety of markers available to match planting needs... more
  • Folding markers... more
  • Non-folding markers... more
Herbicide/insecticide
  • Granular chemical application systems... more
  • Herbicide and insecticide application... more
  • Herbicide (only) application... more
  • Insecticide (only) application... more
Machine control
  • Field Doc™ and Map-Based Prescriptions... more
  • Parallel Tracking™ or AutoTrac™ compatibility... more
  • AccuCount™ sensors for regular curved seed tubes... more
  • GreenStar™2 system... more
  • RowCommand™ individual-row control system... more
  • SeedStar™2 monitoring system... more
  • Frame control box... more
  • Electrical requirements... more
  • Controller area network (CAN) compatibility... more
  • Drawn planter hydraulic requirements... more
  • Vacuum hydraulic flow control valve... more
  • Vacuum gauges... more
Row tillage
  • Conservation furrower ... more
  • Frame-mounted coulter... more
  • Unit-mounted coulter improves performance in reduced tillage applications... more
  • Row cleaner options to meet residue management needs... more
Row units
  • MaxEmerge XP™ and Pro-Series XP™... more
  • Double eliminator - MaxEmerge™ vacuum seed meters... more
  • Seed knockout wheel assembly, vacuum seed meter disks... more
  • Non-adjustable down springs... more
  • Heavy-duty adjustable downforce springs... more
  • Improved pneumatic downforce system... more
  • Gauge wheel... more
  • Improved depth control with walking gauge wheels... more
  • Long parallel arms... more
  • Row-unit closing system options to fit operation... more
  • Row-unit scrapers... more
  • MaxEmerge™ XP runner opener... more
  • Seed tubes... more
  • Vacuum seed meter... more
Safety
  • Operate equipment safely... more



Maybe a no till air drill is your choice

1890 No-Till Air Drill

Need a box drill, then try a 1590 No Till series


  • Electronic population rate control saves seed costs... more
  • Productive Seedbox capacities... more
  • 1590 Seed/fertilizer delivery system... more
  • Proven no-till openers provide excellent penetration with rugged durability... more
AMS
  • Parallel Tracking™ or AutoTrac™ compatibility... more
Markers
  • Optional row markers for box drills... more
Delivery
  • Grain agitator... more
  • Grass seed attachment... more
  • Easy-to-read seed level indicator... more
  • Productive Seedbox capacities... more
  • 1590 Seed/fertilizer delivery system... more
Metering
  • Electronic population rate control saves seed costs... more
  • Seed metering system... more
  • Aggressive fertilizer traction feed wheel... more
  • Accurate fertilizer metering... more
  • Box drill acremeter... more
  • Right wheel drive meters maintain ground contact for consistent seeding... more
Drive system
  • Electronic population rate control saves seed costs... more
  • Half-speed drive for fluted feed drills... more
No-till openers
  • Positive seed placement from 90 Series Openers ... more
  • Proven no-till openers provide excellent penetration with rugged durability... more
  • Beveled disk blade slices through residue aggressively... more
  • One-piece seed boot offers improved seed placement and longer life... more
  • Narrow gauge wheels leave more stubble standing ... more
Fertilizer
  • Liquid fertilizer (allied equipment)... more
Safety
  • Additional operators manuals and decal kit... more
Frame
  • Dual castering wheel hitch... more
  • Multi-unit hitches... more
  • Two-point semi-integral hitch... more
  • Regular hitch... more
  • Front rank opener lockup... more


The 1890 air drill system

  • Proven no-till openers provide excellent penetration with rugged durability... more
  • Six 1890 working widths to fit any operation... more
  • Weight brackets allow for additional ballast... more
  • Parallel Tracking™ or AutoTrac™ compatibility... more
  • 1890 mainframe and wings features... more
Ag Management Solutions (AMS)
  • Parallel Tracking™ or AutoTrac™ compatibility... more
  • Field Doc™ and map-based prescriptions offer the ability to maximize inputs... more
  • Avoid overlaps and skips... more
Markers
  • Optional air seeder row markers... more
Seed and fertilizer delivery
  • Air distribution systems... more
  • Blockage warning systems can save skips in field... more
  • Dual-row spacing... more
  • Convenient dual-row spacing hydraulics... more
  • Air package primary configurations for 1890... more
90 Series No-till openers
  • Positive seed placement from 90 Series Openers ... more
  • Proven no-till openers provide excellent penetration with rugged durability... more
  • Beveled disk blade slices through residue aggressively... more
  • One-piece seed boot offers improved seed placement and longer life... more
  • Narrow gauge wheels leave more stubble standing ... more
Frame strength and durability
  • 1890 mainframe and wings features... more
  • Floating hitch on 1890 No-Till Air Drill... more
  • Tire options for 30-ft to 60-ft 1890s... more
  • Six 1890 working widths to fit any operation... more
  • Weight brackets allow for additional ballast... more
  • Category 5 hitch link for use with high-horsepower tractors... more
Safety
  • Additional operators manuals and decal kit... more
Hydraulics
  • Open center hydraulic check valve... more
  • Convenient dual-row spacing hydraulics... more

As you tell John Deere has the equipment with the features and options you need to get your crop in the ground with conservation in mind.

Keep up to date with all the options and information with The AGTV Network as we continue our May Equipment Highlight.

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