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Equipment on Brandenburg Farms
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This John Deere
9530 tractor with auto steer is used by Brandenburg
Farms for fall and spring tillage. |
| This John Deere Model 6300 tractor and the John Deere Batwing Mower are used for mowing and grooming grass areas of farmland operated by Brandenburg Farms, including grassed waterways, Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land, roadsides, and farmsteads. A continuing image presented to neighbors and passers-by that lands are carefully maintained, enhances the land value. |
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John Deere 1790 16-31 Planter, equipped with no-till hydraulic variable rate drive, Smart Box (tm) insecticide applicator, and Global Positioning System (GPS) monitoring. The Smart Box (tm) applicator permits the application of as little as a half-pound of insecticide per acre, and includes both metering and flow sensing to measure the application rate and ensure that the rate was actually applied, regardless of the planter speed over the ground. |
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Deere 9760 Combine, equipped with GreenStar(tm)
yield mapping, auto steer, a 35-foot grain platform and an
8-row corn head. GreenStar(tm) displays yield and grain
moisture content in the combine cab, and also stores the
data in a portable computer memory chip so the file can be
transferred to the Brandenburg Farms office computer system. Field,
crop, variety, and moisture data are recorded, as well as
up to 125 combine operator observations per field, permitting
later return to the field for a closer look at specific conditions. Complete,
detailed yield maps are generated from this information for
landowner and farm management. The auto steer enables
precision navigation to avoid overlapping and thus save fuel. |
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Brandenburg Farms has this John Deere 8320 tractor equipped with auto steer for planting, side dressing, discing, and pulling a grain cart during harvest. Brandenburg Farms equipment is specifically chosen and equipped to operate on farmland in Piatt County, Moultrie County, and Macon County in central Illinois. If you are a landowner in these counties looking at the farmland rental market, please contact Brandenburg Farms. |
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Sprayer is also equipped with auto steer and mapping
for precision application of chemicals with no overlaps or
skips. Brandenburg
Farms believes that this ensures timely application of chemicals,
while saving chemical costs and custom-application fees. |
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Properly-timed cultivation
is essential to maximize crop yield in the silty clay-loam
soils found in Piatt, Moultrie, and Macon Counties. Judgement
of the best time to "work" these "heavy" soils comes only
with Brandenburg Farms' years of experience.
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| The farmstead and operations center of Brandenburg Farms. Trent's grandparents lived here and his mother grew up here in an old farmhouse now gone. Trent and Jennifer are raising their daughters here. |
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A Brandenburg Farms field. |
| Neatly-mowed roadsides help weed control, and enhance land value by providing a positive image to neighbors and passers-by. |
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Soybeans growing on a Brandenburg Farm. |
| Brandenburg Farms timely operations take full advantage of weather opportunities. |
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Brandenburg Farms Ford single-axle tractor and 32-foot semitrailer. This shorter and smaller tractor and trailer are easier to maneuver on a smaller parcel of farmland. |
This Brandenburg Farms Model 377 Peterbilt tractor and 40-foot Timpte trailer enable heavy hauling of grain to the market providing the highest returns, especially the winter markets which usually offer better prices per bushel. |
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GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite guidance is used to save fuel and avoid skipped or overlapped areas in the field while planting. |
This John Deere 1790 16-31 planter is equipped with a Smart Box (tm)
insecticide applicator and hydraulic variable-rate drive for precision
planting and chemical application.
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A golden stream of shelled corn begins its farm-to-market move from Brandenburg Farms.
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| The semi-trailer is parked at the roadside to accept grain from the gravity wagon. |
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Using this gravity wagon to move harvested grain from the combine to the roadside keeps the combine working in the field while the grain moves to market. |
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