John Deere planter now with electric drive

John Deere's recently released MaxEmerge 5e row units can be used on a wide variety of John Deere planters, including popular mini-hopper and DB planters.

The units feature a single electric motor designed to significantly improve seeding population accuracy across the full width of the planter, especially when operating on curves.

"With planters equipped with the electric meter drive for each row unit and related technology, customers can achieve up to a 20 per cent improvement in population accuracy and eliminate a potential one to two per cent yield loss due to seeding inaccuracies," says John Deere Seeding product specialist, Brian Boelens.

While the MaxEmerge 5e row units still utilise a seed tube, an electric drive meter on each row unit replaces traditional shafts and drivelines, allowing each row unit to work independently.

John Deere adds that eliminating these components allows easier access to each row unit and simplifies maintenance.

The MaxEmerge 5e row units can be used on John Deere's 1725 16-row, 1775NT, 1795, DB44, DB60, DB66, DB80, DB88, and DB90 planters, including mini-hopper, 1.6 bushel and 3 bushel hopper models.

It is compatible with SeedStar 3HP and SeedStar Mobile seed monitoring systems with a wireless data server.

Standard features of the MaxEmerge 5e row units include variable rate, individual row electric meter drives, SeedStar 3HP monitoring system, Curve Compensation, vacuum automation, meter runoff and built-in RowCommand.

A tractor with PTO is necessary to operate the electric drive meters on the MaxEmerge 5e range. Active pneumatic downforce is standard on all MaxEmerge 5e row units and ExactEmerge models.

For more information on the new MaxEmerge 5e row units visit www.deere.com.au.