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First Kinze 4900 Assembled in Europe

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Members of the Kinze team from the United States and the Czech Republic recently assembled the first Kinze 4900 planter in Europe. Service teams from multiple dealerships throughout the Czech Republic and Slovakia, where the customer’s farming operation is located, worked together to help make this happen.  While large planters...

Ohio Farmer Knows He Can Count on Kinze

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Today, Sparks of Innovation takes you to De Graff, Ohio, where Steve Schlumbohm has been planting corn and soybeans with Kinze planters since 1978. Steve said he’s always liked the design of Kinze equipment and how it’s built. But that’s not the only thing that keeps him coming back to Kinze. “It...

Nebraska Farmer Likes His Planters Built Rugged

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Today, Sparks of Innovation takes you to Daykin, Nebraska, where Mike Homolka has been planting corn and soybeans with Kinze planters since 2003. “My first Kinze was a 3600 planter with 16 row 30 inch spacing. Ever since that first planter, I’ve always felt like Kinze products have been built very well. Structurally they...

The Yield Advantages of Kinze Split Row Planters

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When Kinze introduced the Planter Split Row System with “push-type” row units back in 1983, the basic premise was a row crop planter that was convertible between narrow and wide row spacing.  The Split Row Planter, or “Interplant System” as it was also referred to, helped farmers truly “split the...

Tough Planting Conditions Don’t Frighten This Illinois Farmer

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Today, Sparks of Innovation takes you to Hoopeston, Illinois, where Duane Sheppard counts on Kinze planters to plant seeds in the right place, at the right depth, even in the toughest planting conditions. “The dependability and durability (of Kinze planters) are second to none. Under certain conditions, when the ground is tough...

Depth Control Equals Uniform Emergence for Indiana Farmer

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Today, Sparks of Innovation takes you to New Haven, Indiana, where Ron Funk counts on Kinze planters to get better seed placement and depth control. He made the switch to Kinze back in the early 2000s when he purchased a 3500 interplant planter to seed beans. “We had a good stand, seed placement was...