What’s the best seeding system you can use? The answer to
that may always remain a personal preference. But you can get an excellent idea
of how six of the leading air seeders and drills compare at a southern Alberta
field day coming up Wednesday, June 23.
Alberta’s Ag Tech Centre is staging a seeding technology
demonstration June 23 at the AgTech Centre’s research farm south of Lethbridge
on Highway 508.
The six leading systems supplied by SeedMaster, John Deere,
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farm, each seeding their respective areas of a 200 acre demonstration site. The
six systems will be back on the farm June 23 to provide a live demonstration to
producers attending the field day.
“The demonstration isn’t intended to say one system is
better than another, but to give producers a first hand look at home different
seeders and drills work under similar field conditions,” says Mike Bevans, an
AgTech Centre technologist who is coordinating the field day.
“The first 200 acres will have been seeded to crops such as
first seeding wasn’t done under the best conditions because of the wet spring.
But producers can see how the crops are performing and also see how the various
systems work.”
At the demonstration day producers can make their own
assessment of how different systems handle fertilizer and seed placement, soil
disturbance, and residue management. There will also be presentations on
variable rate technologies, inter-row seeding, and RTK coverage.
The AgTech Centre research farm is south of Lethbridge, east
off of Highway 5 on Highway 508. Or if you are coming in on Highway 4, go west
on Highway 508. There will be signs.
Coffee and lunch will be provided at the field day. And in
28. For more information contact
Mike Bevans at the AgTech Centre at 403-329-1212, or email [email protected].
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