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Which Meter Drive is Right for You?

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Advances in planter technologies have dramatically changed metering drives through the years.  Today’s planters can be equipped with anything from a simple ground contact drive to a state-of-the-art electric drive completely controlled by GPS. So which one is best for your planter? Kinze provides options for what meter drive is...
January 15, 2018 by Kinze Manufacturing
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Which Seed Meter is Right for You?

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A Brief History of Seed Meter Technology It used to be, when farmers went to the field to plant, the planting monitor on the tractor was equipped with simple indicator lights. These lights showed whether or not seeds were actually getting to the ground. If a seed tube became plugged,...
January 14, 2018 by Kinze Manufacturing
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The Kinze Vacuum Meter

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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...
March 14, 2017 by Kinze Manufacturing
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Seed Meter Drives – Then and Now

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When you consider that today’s corn planters can routinely plant 500 acres a day, it’s hard to imagine that only 200 years ago a farmer did really well to plant only ONE acre of corn in a long day. Typically this was accomplished by one person walking along and making holes with a hoe, or “dibble...
February 1, 2017 by Kinze Manufacturing
In Innovation in Agriculture , Kinze News , Seed Meter

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 , 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