Great Plains |
401-625B | 6/19/19
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YP1225A and YP1625A
Planting Overview
Planting Overview
The information in this section covers important setup
and checking information that applies to the Air-Pro
®
Seed Meter when planting at one seed per disk cell,
using hydraulic drive or ground drive.
Singulated planting employs the seed monitor in:
•
PLANTER CONTROL mode with optional hydraulic
drive, or
•
MONITOR ONLY mode with ground drive.
Seed Rate Setting Summary
For your crop, determine your intended population,
in seeds/acre or seeds/hectare.
If you know only the seed spacing or population in
lbs/acre or kg/ha, consult the charts beginning on
this page.
For your crop, population and desired field speed,
select the correct seed disk.
Set meter rate.
Set initial seed inlet shutter per seed rate chart.
Set initial meter pressurization:
For staggered twin row, time row pairs using.
Verify your planting rate:
Seeds per Unit
If only population weight (lbs/acre or kg/ha) is known,
obtain the population count by multiplying the population
weight by the kernels per pound (kilogram) from the seed
container.
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Example: Milo
Target rate:
4.5 pounds/acre
Seed density:
14500 seeds/pound
Population:
= Rate x Density
= 4.5 x 14500, or:
65250 seeds/acre
80,000 Seed
Kernels
80,000 Seed
Kernels
Bag Weight
per Pound
Bag Weight
per Pound
67.5 lbs
1,185
45.0 lbs
1,778
65.0 lbs
1,231
42.5 lbs
1,882
62.5 lbs
1,280
40.0 lbs
2,000
60.0 lbs
1,333
37.5 lbs
2,133
57.5 lbs
1,391
35.0 lbs
2,286
55.0 lbs
1,455
32.5 lbs
2,462
52.5 lbs
1,524
30.0 lbs
2,667
50.0 lbs
1,600
27.5 lbs
2,909
47.5 lbs
1,684
25.0 lbs
3,200
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