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In Innovation in Agriculture , Kinze Innovation Center

The John Deere 5020 Meets Jon Kinzenbaw

In 1965, John Deere introduced the 5020 standard, regarded at the time as one of the more powerful two-wheel-drive models on the market. A row crop version would be introduced the following year. Then, in 1968, the 5020 received a serious power increase to 141 hp – putting it near...
April 14, 2014 by Kinze Manufacturing
In Innovation in Agriculture , Kinze News

Popular Questions from the Winter Shows

We asked Kinze District Manager Derek Prostine to summarize a few of the most commonly asked questions and interesting observations he took away from the National Farm Machinery Show and Iowa Power Farming Shows this year: Kinze: “What’s New?” (It’s Always the First Thing Farmers Usually Ask.) DP: Without a doubt, it was showing off...
March 18, 2014 by Kinze Manufacturing
In Innovation in Agriculture , Kinze News

The Next Kinze Innovation: Yield Optimization. One Planter. Multiple Hybrids. Superior Accuracy.

There’s a lot of news circulating right now about the concept of multiple-hybrid planters. The Practical Farm Research Team at Beck’s Hybrids started working with one it in the spring of 2012. Initial results were published in the fall of the same year. Since then, farm editors have been all...
February 24, 2014 by Kinze Manufacturing
In Innovation in Agriculture , Seed Meter

The Sum of One. The Accuracy of 99%+.

Editorial provided by Chris Schlesser, Kinze District Manager I remember the first time I saw Kinze’s new 4000 series vacuum meter. The one with electric drive. At the time, they called it “Project Echo,” one of several top-secret innovations being developed at Kinze.   Rumors had been circulating for months with...
February 10, 2014 by Kinze Manufacturing
In Innovation in Agriculture , Kinze News

A Kinze Exclusive: Hydraulic Weight Transfer

Planters today are much bigger – with more rows and higher seed and fertilizer capacity. For the most part, this is a good thing because it allows growers to plant more acres per day and reduce the amount of time it takes to fill the planter. The major drawback to...
January 28, 2014 by Kinze Manufacturing
In Innovation in Agriculture , Kinze News

Kinze & Beck’s Hybrids Collaborate on Variable Hybrid Planting Project

A little while back, Beck’s Hybrids and Kinze began working together on a project exploring the benefits of variable hybrid planting. The collaboration brought together proven leaders in seeds (Beck’s) and row-crop planters (Kinze), as we endeavored to develop a system for planting multiple hybrids in a field. Kinze engineers customized a...
November 21, 2013 by Kinze Manufacturing