The Beck's Hybrids Practical Farm Research (PFR) team put together the video below, featuring 2-plus hours of planter maintenance tips and insights from their winter clinics throughout the Midwest.
Video Time Codes
00:00 - Intro/Planter History
16:33 - Parallel Arm Maintenance
25:07 - Disc Opener/Maintenance
30:04 - Guard/Seed Tube Maintenance
32:09 - Gauge Wheel & Planter Indexing
43:10 - Seed Firmer/Closing Wheel Maintenance
46:58 - Meter/Drive System Maintenance
54:44 - Case IH Maintenance
1:00:27 - In-Field Setup/Intro
1:02:46 - Technology Checklist
1:06:51 - Level the Planter
1:08:46 - Downforce Adjustments
1:26:10 - Population/Singulation
1:30:13 - Row Cleaner Adjustments
1:34:28 - Planter Deph
1:37:55 - Seed Firmers/Closing Wheels
1:49:12 - Shutoff Timing
1:52:56 - Bulk Fill
2:03:54 - Planter Drive Improvements/High-Speed Planting
2:12:23 - No-Till Coulter vs. Speed
2:13:53 - New Planter Decisions/Outro/QR Codes
