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Cost benefits of retrofitting your planter

Machinery costs continue to increase, and an equipment expert says farmers could benefit from retrofitting their current planter.

Joe Rollin Ohio-based regional manager with Precision Planting tells Brownfield when a farmer is unhappy with the performance of their planter, buying a new one is the easy way out but, “We can actually retrofit a planter a lot of times cheaper than what a customer can buy a very basic new planter for. In fact, when looking at buying a new planter most of the cost is spent on the same technology that is already on the planter you currently have.”

He says adding new technologies to your current planter can help improve efficiency in the field.

“For some people that is adding something like DeltaForce to help manage downforce control. For others that means changing some meters or liquid fertilizer attachments on that planter.”

He recommends starting with a 20/20 monitor to track the planter’s performance and measure its shortcomings.

Rollin talks more about the benefits of retrofitting and technological considerations for your planter in Brownfield’s Managing for Profit series.

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