Improve Plant Spacing John Smith, Agricultural Engineer with the University of Nebraska at Scottsbluff, conducted seed placement tests on oil sunflower and large seeded confections using a variety of metering and planter types. His observations and recommendations for calibration and adjustments to achieve excellent plant spacing can be viewed on the videos below. For specific questions on sunflower planter calibration issues you may contact John Smith at: John A. Smith Professor/Machinery Systems Engineer University of Nebraska 4502 Ave. I Scottsbluff, NE 69361 Phone: 308-632-1247 e-mail: jsmith5@unl.edu If you have problems opening these videos please email Tina at tinam@sunflowernsa.com or call 701-328-5138. Additional Documents 1a. Improve Plant Spacing - Introduction (14346 kb .wmv file) Windows Media Player 1b. Uniform Rotation of Drive System (8134 kb .wmv file) Windows Media Player 1c. Planter Malfunction - Troubleshooting (8116 kb .wmv file) Windows Media Player 1d. CaseIH 1200 Series (15077 kb .wmv file) Windows Media Player 1e. Deere / Max Emerge Series (20863 kb .wmv file) Windows Media Player 1f. Deere / Finger Pickup Series (10979 kb .wmv file) Windows Media Player 1g. Seed Tube Evaluation (4512 kb .wmv file) Windows Media Player 1h. Precision Planting - Seed Monitor (8104 kb .wmv file) Windows Media Player 1i. Closing Comments (2679 kb .wmv file) Windows Media Player 1j. Case IH Meter Unit (3498 kb .wmv file) Windows Media Player 1k. Deere / Finger Pickup Meter Unit (1941 kb .wmv file) Windows Media Player 1l. Deere / Max Emerge Meter Unit (2366 kb .wmv file) Windows Media Player Sunflower Desiccation When are sunflowers ready for desiccation? Listen as Kirk Howatt from NDSU Plant Sciences discusses when sunflowers are ready for desiccation. This file is optimized by Windows Media Player 8.0 or higher. Additional Documents Desiccating Video (18905 kb .wmv file) Windows Media Player Four Good Reasons to Grow Sunflower Listen to sunflower producers as they discuss reasons why they plant sunflowers. These producers have sunflowers in their rotation as sunflower has provided a good return over the years and given them a consistent positive bottom line. Additional Documents Four Good Reasons To Grow Sunflowers (21734 kb .wmv file) Windows Media Player
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