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Kinze Expands Factory to Build New Planters
Williamsburg, Iowa (Sept. 18, 2013) – Kinze® Manufacturing, Inc. is expanding facilities in Williamsburg, Iowa to accommodate the strong demand for the new 4900 planter model. The 4900 is a 30” spacing, front folding planter available in 12, 16 and 24 rows. It was launched to the public earlier this year and has many innovative features including a new frame with exclusive hydraulic weight...
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Kinze Expands Factory to Build New Planters
Kinze’s Williamsburg production facilities will be expanding with a 128,000-square-foot plant to produce the new 4900 Series Planter. The new plant will use cellular manufacturing processes, natural lighting and air filtration. The project will be completed in the fall of 2013. See the story on: Farms.com The Cedar Rapids Gazette KCRG Channel 9 News The Corridor Business Journal Journal Tribune...
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Kinze’s Automation Project Looks at the Future of Ag
Kinze believes that automation and agriculture can work together. Kinze is focusing on developing automated solutions for harvest-time, when there is often a lack of skilled labor qualified to operate the tractors. Rhett Schildroth, Senior Project Manager at Kinze, describes the progress of the autonomy project. See the story and watch the video at Real Agriculture.
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Kinze Features “Next Big Innovation” Planter at Farm Progress Show
After years of engineering and production, the 4900 Series Planter is ready for market. The 4900 Planter has made significant improvements, including hydraulic weight transfer, which reduces potential soil compaction and the new 4000 series vacuum meter, which allows 99+ percent accuracy at speeds up to 8 mph. This best-in-class planter is Kinze’s “next big innovation.” See the article and...
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Farmers See Potential in the Kinze 4900 Planter
Corn and soybean growers Jack and Gary Appleby have already placed an order for the brand new Kinze 4900 planter after seeing it at the 2013 National Farm Machinery Show. The Applebys are trying to stay on top of the latest row crop planting technology to increase their efficiency. See the full story, “Word on the Farm from 3 Midwestern...
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Kinze Planter Picks Up Pace
Kinze Manufacturing has developed its new 4900 Series. Due to the new 4000 Series Vacuum Meter, the 4900 planter is able to deliver 99+ percent seed placement accuracy at speeds up to 8 m.p.h. as field conditions allow. The planter also features hydraulic weight transfer and a new electric drive metering system. Read more at The Western Producer.
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Kinze Innovation Center a Tourist Destination
The Kinze Innovation Center (KIC) has quickly become a popular tourist destination for travelers who are driving along I-80. Shawna Lode wrote a post on Travel Iowa’s blog, which included her family’s stop at the KIC in Williamsburg, Iowa. Shawna visited the KIC with her two children and husband on their family vacation. Their four-year-old son said that the Kinze...
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Grain Cart Maintenance Before Harvest Season
Efficiency is vital during harvest season. This article offers tips for keeping your grain cart in effective and efficient working condition through preventative maintenance. Read more on Iowa Farmer Today.
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