The planter is also being experimented with to seed canola at lower rates but that is happening in very small amounts. The ccs type of units are just not up here yet.
In general though a lot of time any seeding system that is not a box drill or planter is just generically called a air seeder since there are many fine details to be technically correct for all the different units and variations.
A big part of the development in western Canada was the large fields and farms. Many of the unit now are 84' with bourgault making a ' unit with a bushel air cart and farms ranging in size from 10 to acres and many exceeding acres. I would have done pictures but That would have made for a painful slow up load and google will fill in the blanks.
Hope this helps you out. Rob D. I haven't used in for 4 years, kinda outgrew it. S-C Manitoba, Canada. All box drills here in south mo aside from a very few air drills. Probably because nobody places fert with the drill they have it spread ahead of the planter. Plus pappy and grand pappy always had a box drill so thats what they use too. Happiest day of my farming life last year watching our box drill leave the farm and being out of the wheat business.
Steiger Man. Sunburst Montana. When air seeders first came out some people around here tried them and they more or less failed. With our farming methods of the day we needed an air drill with the steel packer wheels to pack the seed into the moist soil if there was any. Thank you budfarmer! I'm happy you found the presentation useful and I'm going to be studying your air seeder information for awhile.
Kylerlarid, what were you speaking about at Farm Tech? I think a quick google search of some of the names and models will help you get a better understanding. The Bourgault website probably covers the majority of it with their units. If you have any other questions I'll try to help you out. The term air seeder is used to cover pretty much any type of seeder in Western Canada whether it is a air seeder, air drill or independent opener drill.
As long as there is a air cart in front of or behind it. They have also taken out some old fences with it too, and even in this dry year, they still had to double up two 4wd's at times, never mind when it was the wet years, full time job with two 4wd's. Their 4wd's have triples too. Cart is a really the hard pull very heavy when loaded, but I'd tell you when you get to a good straight going field, boy can you plant some acres with that unit.
Now as far as I have heard, this is the breakdown on major brands Bourgault is heavy built, but doesn't have the best seed placement on larger units, they sell quite a few units, have good support as well Seed Hawk seeds with very good placement, but frame is light, these people from above would have a wing ripped off before the end of the first row John Deere is built good and has pretty decent seed placement, held up well for a lot of years for the people above, they use them now strictly for putting fertilizer in during the spring Morris is not used much here, but they seem to be ok, they might make a unit small enough yet for you SeedMaster has not yet been used here, so can't say anything on it, they might also still make a unit small enough for you Nuff said.
SW Sask. Air seeders are designed to eliminate the need to till the soil before seeding. Preventing over sowing and mount onto many tillage machines, allowing farmers to till and seed in one pass.
Saving you time and fuel. Air seeders function with the use of a combination of seed rollers and fans allowing for precise metering seeds that then flow into primary tubes and eventually hit scattering plates allowing for even dispersion of seeds across the width of the machine.
Air seeders are commonly used for seeding small grains and grass seeds. They can handle bulk quantities of seed and are capable of planting large acreages efficiently. These machines are also easy to use, require low maintenance, and provide high performance while saving labour. FarmTech currently supplies four different brands of air seeder machines. Each with a wide array of features, depending on the make and model you choose. Oko-Turbo Air Seede r — a stainless steel unit with 5 to 8 outlet tubes, allows you to adjust seed roll and seed amount while on the move.
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