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BECK’S Multi-Hybrid Planting Study 2014 PFR Partners Grower Location Offense Advantage in HP Soil Defense Advantage in LP Soil Bill Scott Toledo, IL +1.7 +5.2 Travis Worman Teutopolis, IL +14.0 -3.5 Probst Pork Farm Sigel, IL +11.8 N/A Schuler Farms North Manchester, IN +2.3 -1.2 Tom Uthell Teutopolis, IL +13.3 +0.6 Schuler Farms North Manchester, IN -1.4 +3.5 Kelley Grain Farm Normal, IL +3.6 +13.3 Soltwedal Farms Effingham, IL +9.7 -6.7 Schuler Farms North Manchester, IN +19.4 +12.5 Great Plains Multi-Hybrid Planters at Teutopolis, IL “As a PFR Partner, I appreciate being on the cutting edge of management practices, equipment and technology. It helps me find profitable solutions that I can implement over my entire farm.” Tom Uthell Teutopolis, IL 66
BECK’S TrackTill Study 2014 PFR Partners The purpose of this study is to evaluate TrackTill, a Patent Pending technology from Agriculture Concepts, designed to eliminate wheel track or pinch row compaction caused by center-fill planters. While driving equipment through the field, the weight of the tractor and implement can create compacted strips of soil with each pass. As soils become compacted, their physical properties are altered, causing changes in bulk density, porosity and hydraulic properties- all of which can contribute negatively to yield potential. Studies conducted by Beck’s CIL PFR Center have shown up to a 13.8 bushel per acre yield difference between the compacted center sections of the planter versus the lighter wing sections. See page 173 of the 2014 PFR Book for more details on Beck’s CIL PFR pinch row compaction studies. Grower Location Yield Response Pistorius Farms Blue Mound, IL +3.9 Pistorius Farms Boody, IL +10.4 Pistorius Farms Boody, IL +2.0 Average: +5.4 2014 TrackTill testing was conducted by Pistorius Farms located near the Blue Mound and Boody, Illinois area. The TrackTill equipment was sent to Pistorius Farms early in the spring and installed on a John Deere Bauer Built planter. In evaluating three different farm locations, TrackTill offered average yield improvements of 5.4 Bu./A. in 2014 testing. More research needs to be completed to continue analyzing the benefits from this compaction alleviating equipment. Center fill planters truly offer grower’s convenience with having a large commodity box for bulk seed delivery and easy filling. However, the overall weight distribution of that commodity box tends to cause the potential for “pinch row” compaction. TrackTill could be an effective means to help lift, fracture, and remove soil density layers contributed from center fill planter pinch row compaction. Special thanks to Craig Paulek of Pistorius Farms for conducting this TrackTill study in Beck’s PFR Partner program. 67
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