John Deere Unveils Industry’s Largest Planter
John Deere is generating buzz at the 2009 National Farm Machinery Show with the new DB120 – the largest planter in the industry.
Rob Rippchen, division marketing manager at John Deere seed in Moline, IL says this 120 foot planter is the next generation planter building off the DB90 introduced five years ago. “This planter will plant somewhere between 90 and 100 acres an hour,” Rob says. “Most growers will remember last spring when it was so wet and one of the easiest ways to improve productivity is to increase your working width.”
The huge machine was gathering a crowd early at the show on Wednesday. “There’s kind of a ‘wow’ factor,” said Rob. “It’s so wide it can’t even unfold all the way in our booth.” But he says the outer four row units fold over on each end so it is still the same transport width as the DB90 and just about six foot longer in transport length.
Rob says John Deere will have a limited number of the new planters running in the fields this spring and will start taking orders for the big boy this summer.
Listen to an interview with Rob here nfms09-jd-rob.mp3
You can also download the interview here: New John Deere Planter (mp3).
Watch Rob explain some of the DB120 features here:
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9 Comments
Jim
intereting article
diane
I just want to know the price!
Cindy
Diane,
If you have to ask, you probably can’t afford it!
Diane
But Valentine’s Day is coming up and I was looking for a gift!
Jim
True
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