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Now is the Time to Maintain Your Kinze Grain Cart
It's hard to believe that shortly we will be headed back out to the fields with an army of combines, tractors, grain carts and trucks to get the crop out. Typically the combine gets the majority of attention when preparing for harvest, but performing some pre-season preventive maintenance on your grain cart will help to ensure a smoother harvest. Make sure its ready to roll by following these maintenance tips. Inspect Augers for Noticeable Wear This is key because over time augers will become smaller in diameter and diminish their overall performance. Inspect for wear especially where grain transitions from the horizontal to vertical auger, or from the lower to upper portion of the vertical auger. These grain transition zones are...
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Kinze Power Products Re-powers
Note: The following is an excerpt from the book "Fifty Years of Disruptive Innovation". Kinze Power Products In 1988, recognizing the demand for replacement engines on the 86 Series John Deere four-wheel-drive tractors, Kinze jumped back into the re-power business. One of the first projects was re-powering a John Deere 8630 with a Cummins 855 engine. The project proved so interesting and successful that, one year later, Kinze created Kinze Power Products, Inc., an autonomous operating company. From 1988 through 2007, Kinze Power Products re-powered numerous 8630s, 8640s, 8650s and 8850s for farmers throughout North America and in key export markets. As with other Kinze innovations, Jon Kinzenbaw found ways to make existing equipment better. The re-powers increased the value and...
Plan Your Trip to the Kinze Innovation Center This Summer
It’s that time of year again when the kids are out of school and you’re looking for ways to entertain and educate your kids. The Kinze Innovation Center provides a great opportunity for families to learn about agriculture, the story of the Kinze, and Kinze’s role in advancing planters and grain carts. It offers many interactive activities and videos. It also has Kinze artifacts and equipment on display. Create your own grain cart or take a photos in front of your favorite piece of Kinze equipment! Make your Kinze visit a day trip by combining it with a nearby attraction! Below are four different options that pair well with a trip to Kinze! Visit the Kinze Innovation Center in the morning. Pack...
Getting the Planter Ready for Next Year Starts Now
Whew! It was a busy spring waiting on the weather and then planting within a narrow time frame. That last night of planting got late and you rolled onto the yard about 11:00 pm, but it was finished and it felt good to have all the seed in the ground. Now you can relax . . . RELAX?! . . . no way, not with spraying to do and side-dressing to get done. There’s really never a dull moment around the farm in the spring. Now it’s summer and things are starting to slow down — at least just a little. You walk into the machine shed and there sits the planter still needing to be put away for the season....
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Regulations Concerning the Use of Drones (UAS, UAV) in Agriculture
By simply observing what is flying in the sky, it is easy to see that the use of drones on farms has increased exponentially over the past 5 years. What was once a device for taking striking video of equipment working in the field has evolved into a serious tool used on efficient and profitable operations. Many farm news sources have reported on the applications and benefits of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and how rapidly the technology is growing. But what is also rapidly changing are the FAA regulations surrounding the operation of drones. As recently as 2015, it was essentially illegal for a drone to be used for anything other than “hobby pursuits.” Use...
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Core Value Leadership Awards
At Kinze, we operate according to a set of core values: integrity, customer focus, excellence, innovation and mutual respect. Our employees embody these core values each day. Last year, we implemented Core Value Leadership Awards to recognize individuals who go the extra mile and display a great example of one or more of our core values. These awards are given based on nominations from our senior leadership team. Our most recent awardees are Jeff, Fabrication Supervisor I, and Russ, Proto Tool and Die Manager, for demonstrating excellence. Nomination We received sprockets that needed to be stamped. We painstakingly hand stamped well over 1,000 sprockets with a hammer and stamp. Then we received almost 3,000 more that also needed stamped. Russ took...
Kinze Innovation Center Visitors
More than 37,000 people from all over the country and various parts of the world have visited the Kinze Innovation Center since it opened in February 2013. We have welcomed tour bus groups from the Netherlands, Germany, and Brazil; honeymooners from Australia; FFA and Farm Bureau groups from across the Midwest; vacationers from the east and west coasts; manufacturing and agriculture college students from Midwest universities, tech schools and community colleges; and the list continues. More than half of the visitors are walk-ins. They either have heard about the Innovation Center from family, friends or their Kinze dealer. Many spot the “Open to the Public” sign on the Innovation Center from Interstate 80 or see the Innovation Center attraction sign along I-80....
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The Advantages of Kinze Split Row Planters
Planting split rows, or the practice of adding row units between existing row units to plant narrow row soybeans, has been around for nearly 40 years. Originally introduced by Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. in 1978, split rows were initially achieved by installing row units side-by-side on Kinze rear fold frame planters. In 1983, Kinze introduced its unique, patented push row units, which were installed on the front of double frame toolbars, that enabled a single planter to be easily used for both corn and soybeans. The introduction of this innovative feature, and its incorporation as a common farming practice, provided farmers with trash flow and yield advantages. Trash Flow Advantages Kinze’s exclusive push row units have better trash flow and seed placement accuracy than other narrow row...
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5 Crop Information Apps for Farmers
There are many different smart-phone and web-based applications that can help farmers manage their crops with greater efficiency. It can be overwhelming selecting the apps that will work best for you and your operation. Some apps are free with in-app purchases for more functionality, while some require payment upon downloading. When searching for apps, pay attention to who creates the app, what data is collected, how data is used and shared, and how your data and privacy information is stored. Other factors to keep in mind are how much data and battery the app uses on your phone. Below are five apps that may help you monitor your crop information this season. Canopeo | Oklahoma State University Android, iPhone, iPad, Website...
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The Kinze Vacuum Meter
Since its introduction in 2014, the Kinze Vacuum Meter has consistently demonstrated superior singulation and seed drop for 99%+ accuracy at speeds up to 8 mph*. Here are some of the reasons why. Very Well Suited for a Variety of Conditions Uniform to irregular seedMany different types of seedsLow to high population ratesEasy and quick switchoversHigher planting speedsDesigned to prevent downtime Seed Disc Promotes uniform loading of seed cellsHas a smaller diameter and more seed cells for lower seed velocityFeatures an unobstructed, raised release pointProvides a low Coefficient of Variation (COV) Coefficient of Variation (COV) is the measurement of how well a meter is releasing seed and the variation of seed spacing that results. For more information, read our blog about COV....