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Great Kinze Innovations: the Brush Type Seed Meter

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It was the late 1980s when engineer Harry Deckler came up with a big idea for a new seed meter that would allow farmers to plant soybeans with unmatched accuracy. Deckler was wholly confident in his idea, but his current employer didn’t share his enthusiasm and vision.   So Deckler...
October 12, 2015 by Kinze Manufacturing
In Innovation in Agriculture , Kinze News , Planters

The Yield Advantages of Kinze Split Row Planters

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When Kinze introduced the Planter Split Row System with “push-type” row units back in 1983, the basic premise was a row crop planter that was convertible between narrow and wide row spacing.  The Split Row Planter, or “Interplant System” as it was also referred to, helped farmers truly “split the...
September 17, 2015 by Kinze Manufacturing
In Innovation in Agriculture , Kinze News

The Kinze History Book: 50 Years of Disruptive Innovation

"When I started this business 50 years ago, I never once thought of what it might become. I just knew that I didn’t want to work for someone. I had to have room to chase after my own ideas and create things — innovative and new things." – Jon Kinzenbaw...
August 13, 2015 by Kinze Manufacturing
In Innovation in Agriculture , Planters

Depth Control Equals Uniform Emergence for Indiana Farmer

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Today, Sparks of Innovation takes you to New Haven, Indiana, where Ron Funk counts on Kinze planters to get better seed placement and depth control. He made the switch to Kinze back in the early 2000s when he purchased a 3500 interplant planter to seed beans. “We had a good stand, seed placement was...
July 27, 2015 by Kinze Manufacturing
In Innovation in Agriculture , Planters

Great Kinze Innovations: the Rear-fold Planter

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By the mid-1970s, Kinze was growing steadily through sales of its grain carts and anhydrous ammonia applicators, as well as the adjustable width plow licensed to DMI, Inc.  Still, Jon Kinzenbaw sensed there was something missing from the Kinze product offering. That big idea that could propel his still-young company to the...
July 13, 2015 by Kinze Manufacturing
In Innovation in Agriculture , Kinze Innovation Center , Kinze News

Jon Kinzenbaw Named 2015 Hero in American Ag by Silos and Smokestacks

Jon Kinzenbaw has spent 50 years improving the way farmers plant and harvest their crops. The Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) recently recognized Jon’s incredible legacy of innovation by naming him its 2015 Hero in American Agriculture, which honors a catalyst who has revolutionized the industry of agriculture...
April 27, 2015 by Kinze Manufacturing