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About Planters

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Case IH Early Riser 2160 Planter

Planters have been a part of farming for centuries, allowing producers of corn, soybeans, cotton, vegetables, peanuts, and a countless variety of other crops to better control the width of rows, seed placement and spacing, and seed depth, along with application of herbicides and pesticides when necessary. The first tractor-drawn planters allowed farmers to plant between 40 and 50 acres (16.2 and 20.2 hectares) in a day, while today’s largest planters can plant 48 rows in one pass, planting 15 acres (6.1 hectares) or more in an hour.

Innovations

Over the years, research has led to insight into the best seed depths, row spacing, fertilizer placement, and other factors, allowing manufacturers to create innovative new products that increase the number of rows planted in each pass, add GPS technology and guidance, and enable performance monitoring from the cab or other devices to control the number and spacing of seeds. Features like rugged row units that can better withstand a variety of soil and residue conditions and improved hydraulics automatically adjust the up and down pressure provide more accurate seed depth.

Other innovations enable farmers to use technology to find the best meter settings from a mobile device or even turn specific rows on or off to avoid overlap, leading to gains in both efficiency and yield. Newer models also come with choices of blades with ripple, bubble, or flute edges to work in various types of soil, as well as planters designed to work with various levels of in-field residue.

Find The Right Planter

You’ll find an array of new and used planters from top manufacturers like Case IH, Great Plains, John Deere, Kinze, Monosem, and White for sale every day on TractorHouse.com.