Michigan State University is researching planting technologies that can be used for wheat and other crops. Wheat specialist Dennis Pennington tells Brownfield it’s difficult for planters to cross over into wheat because populations are sometimes three to four times larger. “We’re asking a planter to do something that’s making it operate three to seven times faster that what it does for corn and soybeans,” he explains. “We’re really good at singulating seed for corn and soybeans but trying to figure out how to make it work and do it accurately with wheat has been a bit of a challenge.” Pennington is comparing a spill type drill, a row unit vacuum planter and a traditional air planter and says he’s looking for uniformity.
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