Deere offers new 1725C stack-fold planter for cotton, peanut, corn and soybean farmers

John Deere is offering a new 1725C CCS 12-row/30 stack-fold planter along with four 1725C non-CCS planters that include 12-row/30, 12-row 36/38, 12-row 38/40 or 16-row/30 configurations. Each 1725C planter features an enhanced John Deere designed frame with convertible hitch, giving farmers more compatibility options between various tractors fitted with a Cat 3 or 4N hitch. The latest 1725C planters come factory equipped with a full agronomic suite that includes ExactEmerge or MaxEmerge 5e row units, pneumatic row cleaners and closing wheels and individual-row hydraulic downforce. The agronomic suite helps improve seed-to-soil contact, crop emergence and can increase the yield potential of the crop that’s planted. Farmers who want to apply liquid fertilizer in-furrow or off-set while planting can add the optional John Deere ExactRate fertilizer system to any 1725C planter. ExactRate provides up to 20% more accurate nutrient placement in a turn compared to