This is very useful technology. Once you can visualize what the planter is actually doing, you can (potentially) do something to make it better. Good video, guys.
With this new technology you two lads sure have a very big learning curve but in the end it should save you money and hopefully make you more money. I can't wait to see how things come out this fall at harvest time. Best of luck.
I enjoy your program and information for people who are farmers and us people who are not farmers you give out good ideas . I have learned more about farming from you I have relatives who are farmers and friends.
If you suck at driving then yeah there probably is a yield advantage but if you are competent then probably not. When you have a lot of point rows like Ryan has then the row clutches are probably more likely to pay for themselves compared to people who have square fields and where you don't farm the contours. If you do have a lot of point rows and you don't have row clutches you will waste quite a bit of seed and there could be a yield hit in those overlap areas especially if it would be a dry summer. *My opinion: Depends on the size of the operation and the type of ground you are farming but in a lot of cases the electronics are probably just more of a luxury than something that will actually make you a whole bunch of money. Edit: I should add that the technology will help things go faster. For example without row clutches if you wanna do a good job when you come to the end of the field you stop, pick up the planter, turn around, stop again, and set it back down. With clutches you just drive straight into your endrows and they shut off automatically and you can pick it up, turn around, and set it down all without stopping and over time that can add up to where you are getting a noticeable amount more done in a day.
@@TJ-bk9vfI know this is 6 years later, but someone might find it helpful. If you don't have marker arms, auto-steer is important (you can get by with GPS that doesn't have autosteer, but it is an absolute pain). In fact, I would say that it's more cost effective to get autosteer than to pay for the marker arm option on new implements.
You can plant in sod with using Roundup first? Nice, interesting video. Yes, I saw the sandwich by the cab windshield. I have eaten may a bologna sandwich in the field and they tasted great.
Great explanation of RTK / Ag Leader / Auto Steer capabilities to monitor planting. Is there enough tonnage in waterways to merit baling the grass hay on this farm?
A few questions; at 1:10 - 1:30 the screen is showing mostly green, what do the yellow and blue mean? Singlelation (sp) is what? Am I correct in thinking that the (marking arm??) (the thing that folds out) is not needed with the system showing the route? Sorry if these seem dumb but I am a "city" person and just don't know.
dejanira2 the colors can show different things such as singulation spacing population down force and a few others. The markers are technically not needed with the Rtk system or any other gps. On my farm we use them on the headlands because it is to much of a hassle to use the gps on the headlands. Also smaller planters like this have markers because smaller planters=smaller or older farmers who might not use gps. Last these are not dumb questions at all it is good you want to learn
Down. we dont lift it for the waterways.The boundrys are set in the monitor and it automaticaly shuts off the rows when we go out of the boundrys- like through a waterway.
Yeah the BIL plants straight through too, but he doesn't have the electronics so it just keeps dropping seed... but his waterways aren't wide enough to really matter much. He told me to do the same thing when I was drilling soybeans for him. If you've got a lot of land and a lot of waterways, or are going through them obliquely quite a bit, I can see where the point row shutoffs and GPS would save you quite a bit... Later! OL J R :)
Most of the yield is determined by the amount of starch a plant produces for the offspring. The seed has little effect on the parent plant unless pollination is abnormal.
Somebody enlighten me please. If they have all of the technology to include the steering assist why are the putting the row marker down? I guess they are using the steering assist and the planter monitors so maybe the row marker is just a check against the technology? Also, towards the last of the video is Travis planting in the 'burned downed' alfalfa?
Dwight, you and I are older and a bit harder to convince on this new technology stuff. I'd be like you and put the row marker down in case the electronics fail and you need to keep planting. You have two great sons and I am proud of them for you.
To manually switch off ontrac, hold your steering wheel, don't turn. Don't use markers as they pull your planter to the side. Enjoy your seed monitoring! :-)
Your finger pickup planter is very speed sensitive especially when seeding at over 12 to15 seeds per second. A vacuum eset plate would be much better at planting your higher populations.
I'm not a farmer, what does population and singulation mean? What do the numbers mean? Travis said he wanted to bump the numbers up, what was he talking about?
"Singulation" is the planting of one single seed in its allotted space. Corn has a sweet spot of space where it produces the most for that space. A double results in two plants competing with the allotted resources. A skip results in other plants having more resources but they may not be able to utilize this extra amount of resources into as much yield as the missing plant could have. A trait called flex allows for corn to utilize more or less space...corn is more complex than simple.
I sure hope all this technology pays for itself. Although I enjoyed your presentation it still gave me a headache trying to follow along with what you were trying to explain.
I love the sound that tractor makes the older machines pre def run so much better
Such a distinct sound. That 46 is just a beauty.
This is very useful technology. Once you can visualize what the planter is actually doing, you can (potentially) do something to make it better. Good video, guys.
Great video on Travis on explaining the monitor
With this new technology you two lads sure have a very big learning curve but in the end it should save you money and hopefully make you more money.
I can't wait to see how things come out this fall at harvest time. Best of luck.
You guys are getting fancy!! Looks good...keep it up & a happy harvest.
Cooĺ to see modern auto steering on the old tractors! Great video 😊
I enjoy your program and information for people who are farmers and us people who are not farmers you give out good ideas .
I have learned more about farming from you I have relatives who are farmers and friends.
Wow! So sophisticated! Thanks for showing us how this works!
One of your very best videos...
Great video. Keep up the good work
nice video Ryan! one of your best! greetz from The Netherlands
Good video!
Nice video. Does the cost of all the electronic equipment offset by the yield advantage? Does it pay instead of doing it the old fashioned way? Thanks
Stephen May saves on seed cost
If you suck at driving then yeah there probably is a yield advantage but if you are competent then probably not. When you have a lot of point rows like Ryan has then the row clutches are probably more likely to pay for themselves compared to people who have square fields and where you don't farm the contours. If you do have a lot of point rows and you don't have row clutches you will waste quite a bit of seed and there could be a yield hit in those overlap areas especially if it would be a dry summer.
*My opinion: Depends on the size of the operation and the type of ground you are farming but in a lot of cases the electronics are probably just more of a luxury than something that will actually make you a whole bunch of money.
Edit: I should add that the technology will help things go faster. For example without row clutches if you wanna do a good job when you come to the end of the field you stop, pick up the planter, turn around, stop again, and set it back down. With clutches you just drive straight into your endrows and they shut off automatically and you can pick it up, turn around, and set it down all without stopping and over time that can add up to where you are getting a noticeable amount more done in a day.
@@TJ-bk9vfI know this is 6 years later, but someone might find it helpful. If you don't have marker arms, auto-steer is important (you can get by with GPS that doesn't have autosteer, but it is an absolute pain). In fact, I would say that it's more cost effective to get autosteer than to pay for the marker arm option on new implements.
You can plant in sod with using Roundup first? Nice, interesting video.
Yes, I saw the sandwich by the cab windshield. I have eaten may a bologna sandwich in the field and they tasted great.
Great explanation of RTK / Ag Leader / Auto Steer capabilities to monitor planting. Is there enough tonnage in waterways to merit baling the grass hay on this farm?
That’s pretty cool, an awesome way to collate ya cost efficient production
Great vid Ryan Smile More God Bless Stay Safe Kuster's 👍🚜
Is the New Holand coming back this summer
Was the grass saud area you planted used to be hay ground
Just Catching up on your Video's
A few questions; at 1:10 - 1:30 the screen is showing mostly green, what do the yellow and blue mean? Singlelation (sp) is what? Am I correct in thinking that the (marking arm??) (the thing that folds out) is not needed with the system showing the route?
Sorry if these seem dumb but I am a "city" person and just don't know.
dejanira2 the colors can show different things such as singulation spacing population down force and a few others. The markers are technically not needed with the Rtk system or any other gps. On my farm we use them on the headlands because it is to much of a hassle to use the gps on the headlands. Also smaller planters like this have markers because smaller planters=smaller or older farmers who might not use gps. Last these are not dumb questions at all it is good you want to learn
very informative and interesting love the cometator
Curious when you all will have another live stream?
did not know older tractors could be fit w Auto steer, awesome
Which model is this and do you have to pay for unlocks?
So when are the first crop hay videos coming out? July?
Shawn Zenz If you go to travis channel he has hay videos up
Yeah I know
Nice video !
How deep did you plant the monitor? Sorry I couldn't resist.... Planting WITH an Ag Leader monitor
How did you get Dad out of the plant machine? I thought that was solely his job. He might be pouting. LOL!
Ryan where abouts is your RTK base station located?
Will it shut off where you’ve already planted so you don’t double plant?
Was the planter up or down in those water ways - or the where the green grass was
Down. we dont lift it for the waterways.The boundrys are set in the monitor and it automaticaly shuts off the rows when we go out of the boundrys- like through a waterway.
Yeah the BIL plants straight through too, but he doesn't have the electronics so it just keeps dropping seed... but his waterways aren't wide enough to really matter much. He told me to do the same thing when I was drilling soybeans for him.
If you've got a lot of land and a lot of waterways, or are going through them obliquely quite a bit, I can see where the point row shutoffs and GPS would save you quite a bit...
Later! OL J R :)
I love technology!
Confused, you plant right on top of un-tilled land?
That sandwich looks good
With your varieties of corn so close, want there be cross pollination? If so how can you get a good idea of which yields the best.
Most of the yield is determined by the amount of starch a plant produces for the offspring. The seed has little effect on the parent plant unless pollination is abnormal.
What is Travis's channel?
Nice!
When did this planting take place, what month and day. I assume it's not now June 4 ?
early may. About 30 days ago
Chase Livingston thks
Ryan. on average how long does one hopper of seed last.....
Kevin Willis depends on how many seeds per acre you put out.
Somebody enlighten me please. If they have all of the technology to include the steering assist why are the putting the row marker down? I guess they are using the steering assist and the planter monitors so maybe the row marker is just a check against the technology? Also, towards the last of the video is Travis planting in the 'burned downed' alfalfa?
Thanks, John.
First year with auto steer still like to have the trail mark for a double check.
Dwight, you and I are older and a bit harder to convince on this new technology stuff. I'd be like you and put the row marker down in case the electronics fail and you need to keep planting. You have two great sons and I am proud of them for you.
jbmbanter I'm guessing if the technology was to fail he still has something easy to follow.
The Drone loves trees lol
Where in Wisconsin are you from? I live near Menominee Wisconsin
Potosi. close to Dubuque Ia.
The corn won't have any problems growing where that grass is? Won't it be competing for water?
they will spray the grass
To manually switch off ontrac, hold your steering wheel, don't turn. Don't use markers as they pull your planter to the side. Enjoy your seed monitoring! :-)
type drone you use?
Ryan how many acres do you guys farm total? PLEASE ANSWER
1000-1200
Lucas Makk how many videos have you watched? It's been answered a ton. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION
How much does one of those monitors cost?
I love John Deere tractors
Get a starfire monitor in all your tractors
right.....
Your finger pickup planter is very speed sensitive especially when seeding at over 12 to15 seeds per second. A vacuum eset plate would be much better at planting your higher populations.
why do you use the marker when you are using ontrac?
I was thinking the same - is it for double checking the new system?
Adam Offen my guess like most computerized stuff a back up incase it fails!
when your turning around on the headlands it gives you a reference to where you should be turning.
Do y'all own the simi
cade martin they dont
Why are you using the markers?
What is travis's channel's name?
The rest of the story
rest of the story
Alvin Homier the rest of the story
hi
The Rest Of The Story
hi
Why you don't use 8R
They use the 8R for tillage; the 4640 works well with their planter
Jack Mraz ok thanks man
I'm not a farmer, what does population and singulation mean? What do the numbers mean? Travis said he wanted to bump the numbers up, what was he talking about?
"Singulation" is the planting of one single seed in its allotted space. Corn has a sweet spot of space where it produces the most for that space. A double results in two plants competing with the allotted resources. A skip results in other plants having more resources but they may not be able to utilize this extra amount of resources into as much yield as the missing plant could have. A trait called flex allows for corn to utilize more or less space...corn is more complex than simple.
Robert Reznik what do the numbers Travis mentioned mean? I think 38,000 or something
43560 square feet divided by 38,000 seeds. In Texas we seed 32,000 seed to produce 300 bu / acre. perhaps 38,000 can produce more.
Robert Reznik cool, thank you!!!
So what does the old man think about all this new technology? He seams to me you both are taking the planting side of things over now
I let them run it some but the planting is 99% my job.
Hi
I sure hope all this technology pays for itself. Although I enjoyed your presentation it still gave me a headache trying to follow along with what you were trying to explain.
You have some massive eyebrows