Farms.com Precision Agriculture Digital Digest | Winter 2024/2025

25 “The industry-exclusive BrushBelt technology from John Deere uniformly carries the seed from the meter to the trench, reducing seed roll in the furrow.” MaxEmerge 5e MaxEmerge 5e is a lower-cost option for electricdrive planter upgrades. The MaxEmerge 5e has fewer mechanical parts compared with ExactEmerge and is an option for planting up to five mph (eight km/h). Like the ExactEmerge, it can provide a 20 percent improvement in population accuracy with curve compensation—again as compared to non-curve compensated planters, according to the same John Deere internal study. Despite its lower price point, the MaxEmerge 5e is still an advanced planter row unit that John Deere designed to enhance planting accuracy and efficiency. It includes uses a single electric motor for seed metering, which improves population accuracy and reduces wear compared to mechanical drives. Other features include curve compensation, row-by-row shutoff, and individual row hydraulic downforce (IRHD). When it comes to compatibility, it can be used with SeedStar 3HP and SeedStar Mobile seed monitoring systems. This versatile upgrade for existing planters offers improved seed survival rates and grain yields. Individual Row Hydraulic Downforce (IRHD) Touched upon above, Barry said that IRHD “helps increase even plant emergence due to increased contact of the row unit to the ground. “It will consistently place seed at the desired depth regardless of soil conditions and is 58 percent faster than pneumatic systems,” he continued, citing the John Deere internal study. PHOTOS: John Deere MaxEmerge 5e

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