Source: Margy Eckelkamp, THE DAILY SCOOP, 3/18/21


The numbers tell an interesting story. While changes to the climate have decreased the number of workable days for planting, machinery and technology have revved up and made up for any loss in productivity.  According to Deanna Kovar, VP, production and precision ag production systems at John Deere, a Model H tractor and Model 290 planter could plant 30 acres a day. And 70 years later, today’s 24-row planter can plant more than 45 acres per hour—that’s up to 540 acres planted in a 12-hour day.

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