A prototype 48-row planter is running in our territory this spring. I spent a day or two last week getting it ready for the field. Aside from being tired and leg-weary from simply walking back and ...

Earlier this spring I mentioned there was a prototype 48-row planter running in our territory. The 120-foot wide machine drew a lot of attention and provided some interesting points to ponder: The ...

GARNER — There are crop planters and then there is Dan Wood’s planter. Wood owns a 48-row planter — John Deere’s latest and largest planter. It’s one of a handful in the North Iowa area. “It’s really ...

Do you plant your garden by hand? One seed at a time? Can you imagine planting hundreds of acres that same way? That's why farmers invest in planters to help them efficiently and effectively plant ...