“Best Buy” Maestro Drill

“Best Buy” Maestro Drill DRILLS Andy Scheurer Dugald Manitoba: He says his wheat emerged 3 to 4 days earlier and soybeans 4 to 5 days earlier when it was planted with the Horsch Maestro compared to the conventional air drill he had been using Scheurer and his brother were impressed by a neighbor’s Maestro noting the machine is gentler and more efficient than an air drill because individual seed is sucked out of the tank and placed into a seed cup on each row unit Vacuum behind the disc pulls the seed into position and as the disc rotates seed is placed in the seed trench Accuracy is also improved because of stainless steel metering discs Now they can use the Horsch to plant all their crops using different discs for wheat canola corn and beans Schuerer says the electric-driven meters are extremely accurate and individual row shutoffs eliminate double planting Another plus for the Maestro was the size of the seed tank which Scheurer says can hold enough beans to plant 160 acres without stopping The Maestro also carries 750 gal of liquid fertilizer in the main tank and 250 gal in each saddle tank They use 5 to 6 gals of liquid pop-up fertilizer in the row depending on soil conditions For soybeans the liquid system dribbles in inoculants Scheurer says planting in the unit’s wheel tracks isn’t a problem because when their row units go in the ground the large dual wheels lift up and just skim the ground surface Most of the planter weight is carried by the tractor tongue and the planting wheels so there’s no tire track compaction Scheurer says their Horsch was about the same price as a similar sized Deere but changing the Horsch for different seeds and different crops can be done in half the time as the Deere because just one large component is changed for each row

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