Kit Lets You Apply Insecticides As You Cultivate

Kit Lets You Apply Insecticides As You Cultivate CROPS Insect Control 6-3-23 A Nebraska firm has introduced a new kit that lets you mount planter insecticide boxes on your cultivator, giving you a "second shot" at corn insects during the first cultivation. "Most corn growers cultivate at least once. This is a good time to take a second shot at rootworms, corn borers and other corn insects," says Bob Anderson, sales representative for Green Country, Geneva, Neb., manufacturer of a bracket that adapts Deere Max-Emerge planter insecticide boxes to most any type of cultivator. The adapter kit fits 7 by 7, 5 by 7, 4 by 7 and 4 by 4 toolbars. It includes brackets, drive shaft, sprocket and gears. The insecticide boxes are actuated by a ground-driven gauge wheel. "Some farmers are using an auxiliary motor to drive them," notes Anderson. "Insecticide can be applied to the whorl or to the base of the plant." The kit for a 6 row cultivator (7 by 7 toolbar) sells for $1,180. An adapter kit runs about $820 for a 4-row cultivator, $1,535 for an 8 row, and right at $2,230 for a 12 row cultivator. For more details, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Green Country Inc., Geneva, Neb. 68361 (ph 402 759-3139).

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