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Jon Kinzenbaw Named 2015 Hero in American Ag by Silos and Smokestacks

Jon Kinzenbaw has spent 50 years improving the way farmers plant and harvest their crops. The Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) recently recognized Jon’s incredible legacy of innovation by naming him its 2015 Hero in American Agriculture, which honors a catalyst who has revolutionized the industry of agriculture...

7 Tips for Planting Season

Planting season has returned! To celebrate we have compiled a list of planting tips and reminders to help get you and your Kinze planter primed for action. 1. Graphite Done Right Standard Hoppers: Once the hoppers are full, take your bottle of graphite and make a good line around the...

Time to Tune Up Your Monitors and Modules

Getting ready for planting season now means that we need to check more than just the “nuts and bolts” on our farm equipment. Today, precision ag technology drives the functionality of many of our tractors and planters. Therefore, it’s equally important that you take time to make sure you are...

Great Kinze Innovations: the Adjustable Width Plow

By the late 1960s, Jon Kinzenbaw had made a name for himself in the farming community by re-powering John Deere 5020 tractors. As interest in them grew so too did demand for product demonstrations. The only problem, however, was that Jon couldn’t find a plow capable of keeping up with the...

Kinze’s Family Owned Values Make a Difference for Farmers

We continue celebrating 50 years of loyalty, innovation and improvements with the next post in our year-long series on Sparks of Innovation. This series will take you out in the field to meet our customers and hear why they stay true to blue. This month, we’re visiting with Jim McGee, a...

How to Minimize Compaction and Increase Yield

It’s not news that planters today are bigger – much bigger – with more rows and attachments as well as higher seed and fertilizer capacity. THE BENEFIT: Planting efficiency + time savings. THE DRAWBACK: More weight going across the field, especially in pinch rows (the middle 6 rows of the planter next...