Don’t count on your manufacturer monitor to accurately count your seeds
Today’s planter monitors certainly can tell you if seed is flowing. But don’t count on them to give you an accurate count of your population. There is just too much buffer built into the seed counting computer to give you the real picture. That’s why we developed 20/20.
Look at the features you get with 20/20.
| ComputerTrak™ Monitor | SeedStar™ Monitor |
KPM III Monitor | 20/20 SeedSense | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Population |
X | X | X | X |
Singulation |
X | |||
% Skips/Doubles |
X | |||
Smooth Ride |
X | |||
Measured Seed Spacing/ Spacing Variation |
X | |||
Color Touch Screen |
X | |||
Memo Record |
X | |||
Average Downforce |
X | |||
Extra Downforce |
X | |||
Ground Contact/Depth Management |
X | |||
Transmission Error Detection |
X | |||
Vacuum Levels |
X | X | ||
GPS Mapping Data |
X | X | ||
Visual Reference for Plant Spacing/Singulation |
X | X | ||
* When combined with FieldDoc from AMS. ComputerTrak™ Monitor and SeedStar™ Monitor System are trademarks of Deere & Company. KPM III Electronic Seed Monitor by Kinze Manufacturing. |
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Compare your monitor data to the new 20/20 SeedSense
This video demonstrates how a Kinze KPM II, JD ComputerTrack, SeedStar and 20/20 see the same set of seeds . . . and how much more management information you have to work with when you use the 20/20 system.
Which of these monitors gives you the detailed information you really need to manage your planter?
In this side-by-side demonstration, we sent each monitor the exact same seed data -- the same population and the same number of skips and doubles. But look at the different results. Actual population was 32,200 seeds per acre. But row 5 had an equal number of skips and doubles. Watch how most monitors ignore these errors and give you a false sense of security. Then see all of the management information you get with 20/20:
- KPM II -- while the KPM II under-reported population, the bar chart for Row % shows 100% population
- ComputerTrak -- Population for Row 5 is in good shape -- the monitor says "no problems, keep planting."
- SeedStar -- Population for Row 5 is in good shape -- the monitor says "no problems, keep planting."
- 20/20 SeedSense -- 20/20 shows the correct population, but it also looks deeper: Singulation is just 92%. There are 4.2% skips and 3.8% doubles. Seed placement is just 95.1% and, onthis row, we are losing a whopping %57.56 per acre. You can even see the errors as they happen on the row display at the bottom of the window.
Which monitor to you want to trust with your crop and income?