Victoria Township, North Dakota | The Resources, I have:
24 row 30" DB60 planter.
24 row Wako strip tiller
60' Horsch 6015 with i500 cart.
Challenger tractors:
875B with Outback RTK on the Horsch,
865C with Outback Max RTK on the strip tiller,
765B with agra Bridge Deere 4640 screen and 6000 loaner RTK antenna pulls the 24 row planter.
The Problem:
We are out doing the final applications in tall corn. my guys running the sprayers are noticing a marked difference in straightness of the notill corn rows that were planted with the Horsch 6015 with every other plugged rows and a tractor with RTK on automatic steering vs the RTK auto steer driven strip tilling then planting with my hand steering. I try to do the best I can to keep the planter on the strip till in the hills. I started my farming career prior to auto steer and I hand steer to drive my planter. sometimes the yield penalty for being off the strip can be as much as 20 to 100 bushels yield drop depending on how bad we miss the strips.
Questions:
Is there a better way to keep the planter on the strip till?
are there optical sensors we can put on the planter that will steer the tractor up the hill enough to keep the row units centered on the strips?
would deere's implement guidance on the planter help?
TIA Paul |