They build them any way you want them. The standard units no not come with HD springs and no till coulters. The one I had them price was setup “fully loaded” for no till. Fertilizer is the only other consideration...would still need to add liquid fertilizer or figure out that end of it for planting corn.
I think they were still enrolling in my county in Missouri this year. Not sure how everything going on right now will affect things going forward, but I’m fortunate to be in a county that gets the most CRP funds (by far I believe) of any county in the state. That being said I’ve still got 4 years before I can re enroll anyway so who knows what will be going on with the program at that point. It lays pretty well to farm so worst case I’ll pull it out after the contract expires and convert it back. Hopefully that’s not the case.
Yeah we have that program and a grouse program going along with a couple others. I’m a long way from digging too deep into what’s available...4 years seems like an eon for government funds appropriation these days.
I hear you. I’ve got 125 acres worth of contracts. I don’t necessarily need the payment but it pays for a nice bit of equipment/expenses each year. I could do better having it farmed right now, but if CRP money disappears I hate to think of what’s going to happen to crop (and land) prices when that ground goes back into production.
If there’s any money for the tree program when I go to re enroll, I’ve got about 20 acres I’d love to enroll in it. To your point though, once you commit to the tree direction it’s hard to go back. At this point most all of mine could be concerted back to production after pulling a few cedars doing a little skid steer work.
Thank you for your input. I am leaning this direction but have a couple other builders I’m considering. Who else did you consider in the decision making process? How well are you able to no-till with your planter? Or do you generally still work the soil some before planting? Thank you.
RDH Outdoors was one, and I purchased a 3 row 71 flex planter from them several years ago, refurbished unit. It worked fine and I have nothing negative to say about RDH. I also ran the design/idea by a local fabricator, but couldn't get a clear "this will work for sure" out of him. Dave at KS Farms was able to tell me exactly how the unit I wanted should be built and there was no question about whether it would work or not. My planter no tills just fine into any soil type, it's a heavy planter that was built to last.
They have been on the list. As I understand it, outside of a minor difference or two, they are building nice planters very similar to the KS Mfg units. I believe they are also the same price or very close
