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Farmers Showcase Kinze’s Autonomous Harvest System

WILLIAMSBURG, Iowa (Sept. 19, 2012) – Kinze® Manufacturing, Inc. has continued its progress on Kinze Autonomy, refining the capabilities of its groundbreaking autonomous row-crop solution and undertaking release previews on three large Illinois farms this harvest season. The system was showcased for media today for the first time at a farm in Monmouth,...

Kinze Expands Factory to Build New Planters

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Williamsburg, Iowa (Sept. 18, 2013) – Kinze® Manufacturing, Inc. is expanding facilities in Williamsburg, Iowa to accommodate the strong demand for the new 4900 planter model. The 4900 is a 30” spacing, front folding planter available in 12, 16 and 24 rows. It was launched to the public earlier this year and has many...

Kinze Expands Factory to Build New Planters

Kinze’s Williamsburg production facilities will be expanding with a 128,000-square-foot plant to produce the new 4900 Series Planter. The new plant will use cellular manufacturing processes, natural lighting and air filtration. The project will be completed in the fall of 2013.  See the story on: Farms.com The Cedar Rapids Gazette...

Kinze’s Automation Project Looks at the Future of Ag

Kinze believes that automation and agriculture can work together. Kinze is focusing on developing automated solutions for harvest-time, when there is often a lack of skilled labor qualified to operate the tractors.  Rhett Schildroth, Senior Project Manager at Kinze, describes the progress of the autonomy project.   See the story...

Kinze Features “Next Big Innovation” Planter at Farm Progress Show

After years of engineering and production, the 4900 Series Planter is ready for market. The 4900 Planter has made significant improvements, including hydraulic weight transfer, which reduces potential soil compaction and the new 4000 series vacuum meter, which allows 99+ percent accuracy at speeds up to 8 mph. This best-in-class...

Farmers See Potential in the Kinze 4900 Planter

Corn and soybean growers Jack and Gary Appleby have already placed an order for the brand new Kinze 4900 planter after seeing it at the 2013 National Farm Machinery Show. The Applebys are trying to stay on top of the latest row crop planting technology to increase their efficiency. See...