Interesting concept. The seed meter on that Case meter is outstanding. Its larger diameter (than the rest of the industry) allows it to turn slower resulting in fewer skips, doubles and triples (although triples are rare with pneumatic seed meters).
Talking about seed meters . . .what do you think will happen to the finger pickup meter? Will all the new planters being introduced mark its slow death?
It will be interesting to see what John Deere does with the seed tube on their new planter. Seed bounce going down the tube, especially at speeds above 4 to 5 mph, plays heck with seed spacing. We certainly have seen different seed tube designs to minimize the bounce in the last decade. And then you consider the French-built Monosem planter which lowers it seed meter closer to the ground to minimize seed tube bounce. Shoot, they had that idea three decades ago! You see a lot of Monosem's at work planting sugarbeets where seed spacing and depth placement is crucial.
I agree with the comment about speed. How fast is too fast. But a planter that plants a picket fence stand of corn and soybeans which all emerge at the same time because their depth placement was consistent . . .and which can run at 6 to 8 mph . . .and allows individual row rate adjustment . . .and can plant different hybrids or varieties according to field needs . . .that's a planter which is going to make a huge mark on the market.
