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Pioneer Hi-Bred International,
Inc’s Precision Designed™ Seed
Sizing System will offer corn
growers greater convenience
during planting along with
improved availability of the
right corn genetics in the size
appropriate for their needs,
according to Bob Heimbaugh,
Pioneer corn product manager.
“The Precision Designed sys
tem will allow corn growers to
get their top choices in superior
corn hybrids without the limita
tion of seed size. In addition,
these standardized sizes will
reduce or eliminate the time
required to adjust the planter
when changing hybrids, so pro
ducers can plant more acres per
day,” said Heimbaugh.
“The Precision Designed sys
tem is exclusive to Pioneer and
will replace the company’s tradi
tional Custom Design (CD)
method of sizing seed,” said
Heimbaugh The new system is
based on seed shape (medium
rounds and medium flats). Seed
will be labeled as Precision
Designed Flats (PDF™) flats or
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Seed Sizing Brings Growers First Choices
Precision Designed Rounds
(PDR™) rounds.
The Precision Designed sys
tem standardizes and consoli
dates the number of kernel sizes
from the current seven sizes
common for most hybrids to four
sizes, with potentially 75 to 95
percent of the volume in the new
PDF flats and PDR rounds sizes.
The new system also will offer
some hybrids in Fl 3 and R 22.
More than 26,000 corn grow
ers and crop consultants across
the U.S. and Canada evaluated
the plantability of corn seed that
was sized using the Precision
Designed system. Some 655,000
80K bags were evaluated using
all types of planters.
Paul McPherson of New
Park, Pa., found the Precision
Designed seed worked well in
his 7200 series John
Deere planter. Because of his
machine has a finger-picked
seed metering system, he didn’t
expect to have any problems
with the new seed size.
“The Precision Designed seed
worked well. We got a good, con
sistent stand,” McPherson
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grower, the greatest benefit to
the precision Designed Seed sys
tem may very well be getting the
majority of this hybrids in the
same standardized size.
McPherson raises 700 acres of
corn in 180 fields. He typically
has his planter units set by his
local John Deere dealer each
spring and fine tunes it as need
ed. With standardized seed size,
the time needed to fine tune
planter settings across 180
fields will be reduced.
Seed sized as CD2 is what
Dan Magnus of White Hall, Md.,
typically plants. In 1997,
Magnus planted eight units of
PDR rounds using a Kinze
eight-row planter which has
been modified to 22-inch rows.
Picket fence plant spacing is
even more critical in narrow
rows, and for Magnus, the new
seed size met his expectations.
“I usually do a stand check as
I’m respraying after emergence.
I shoot for a population of
30,000,” Magnus said. “Using
the PDR rounds, I got a good,
even stand. I was very pleased
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Reconditioning and calibrat
ing planter meters are services
Gregg Sauder offers from
Precision Planting, his farm
based business near Tremont,
111. Using his specially designed
test stand to calibrate meters
last spring, Sauder had the
opportunity to use both PDF
flats and PDR rounds brought to
him by customers. He success
fully set meters to plant either
size.
“With the planters I have set,
the new sizing system has been
very plantable. I’ve been setting
planters for five years, and
Pioneer’s seed is always consis
tent,” Sauder said. “I think they
have very good quality control
on seed sizing, and I don’t expect
there will be any concerns with
these new sizes in the future.”
Sauder sets nearly 1,000 planter
meters each year and also farms
1,300 acres.
The Precision Designed sys
tem will offer more planter flex
ibility than the current CD sys
tem. Because the new sizes are
separated by shape, both will
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accurately meter through
planters plates. Planting char
acteristics for PDF flats are sim
ilar to Fl 4 and Fl 5 with PDR
rounds similar to R 23 and R 24.
Exchangeability between
PDF flats and PDR rounds or
vice versa will be very accept
able, helping reduce the number
of planter disc changes required
during planting. Both PDF flats
and PDR rounds will utilize the
same disk with slight adjust
ments in vacuum or air-pressure
settings, Heimbaugh said.
Exchangeability will be an
added boost in years with
delayed planting as seed
exchange will be faster and
more efficient. This, in turn, will
help ensure growers receive the
hybrids they prefer on a timely
basis.
For more information about
the Precision Designed seed siz
mg system and assistance in
selecting the appropriate genet
ic package, Heimbaugh advises
growers to visit with their local
Pioneer seed provider.
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