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What types of farm equipment is needed to plant on a farm

Oliver John

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if someone is planting wheat and oats, and corn? the land is in iowa. the owners used to do most of the work themselves without the help of sophisicated equipment, but due to health issues, equipment will now be needed. thank you
 
Just planting, no harvesting? A no-till grain drill will put wheat and oats into the ground. I don't know too many farmers who raise wheat in Iowa. Not sure my local CoOp elevator is set up to handle it. Most oats is planted for a nurse crop with alfalfa, bale the straw and maybe grind the oats into livestock feed or keep it for cover crop planting. Will need a different planter for corn.
 
Depends on the end game with it honestly. You could get by with just a pull behind ATV spreader, but really it depends on how many acres we are talking and truthfully what you want out of it.
 
A planter works best for corn due to the precision. Many ways to plant cereal grains, not difficult.
 
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