SeedCommand™ – Planter Management Technology
Each planting season you get just one chance to get it just right. Making sure your planter is performing optimally and each seed is being placed in the right environment for growth is critical and can pay big dividends. With SeedCommand, you can take charge with all the information and control at your fingertips.
- Eliminate overplanting for lower seed costs and improved yields with AutoSwath™.
- Lengthen planting windows by planting at night with full automation.
- Reduce skips and doubles – especially with variable seed shapes and sizes.
- Gain insight by mapping and logging seed varieties, planting rates, planting dates and other items recorded during planting or seeding.
- Maximize yield through variable rate planting.
- Experience uniform germination, emergence and plant stand with Hydraulic Down Force.
- Automate row and section shutoff functions with SureStop® electric clutches for chain-drive meters and SureVac™ electric row shutoff for John Deere vacuum planters.
AgLeader clutch control for every section
The Result: Proper seed placement can impact yield by as much as 40%.
Complete planter monitoring functions give you full control and eliminate the need for a secondary planter monitor:
Mapping of the sowing in each row
- Population (seeds)
- Spacing Quality (%)
- Seed Spacing (cm)
- Singulation (%)
- Skips (%)
- Doubles (%)
Seed Placement
View seed placement position in the trench as well as singulation quality for each row simultaneously.
Seeding Rate
Control variable rate seeding based on prescription maps
Maps and Record keeping
Record and map the location of hybrids/varieties in real time
Singulation
Track singulation for skips/doubles and spacing on a row-by-row basis
Control of the pressure in planting
