Disc Seeder parts

Maximising the potential of Disc Seeders

The desire to retain greater amounts of stubble in field and improve the accuracy of seed placement has seen the increase in popularity of disc seeding units throughout the Australian grain belt. However as the farming system becomes more complex and machinery manufacturers reduce flexibility in designs for the global market, the opportunity to customise your machinery to maximise its effectiveness on farm has needed to come in the form of aftermarket modification components. In the area of disc seeders and in particular John Deere disc seeders, Needham Ag Technologies based out of Kentucky have proven to be the market leaders in aftermarket replacement and modification parts.

Common problems associated with disc seeders in Australia:

• High maintenance and poor wear from greased bushed due to dry and dusty seeding conditions.
• Hair pinning and poor seed placement resulting poor crop establishment.
• Machines not designed for sowing into high stubble loads
• High wear components result in high maintenance cost.

Streaming bars for uniform liquid fertilizer application

Advantages of Streaming bars for Nitrogen application:

• Application via a sprayers boom is more uniform across the swath width than traditional spreaders
• Streams of liquids reduce the leaf area exposed to the fertiliser compared to fanned nozzles therefore reducing crop burn.
• Stream bars drop product directly down and therefore correct “boom to target” height is not as important as nozzle overlap does not occur as it would with standard streaming nozzles