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	Preparing Seed and Planting
	Click photos to enlarge. Knives Cut Potatoes Before Planting Planter Filling System Dennis Is Making Straight Rows High quality seed in storage in the warehouse is run through a machine that cuts them in pieces and coats them with a powder that protects the seed pieces, called sets, from rotting in the ground. A predetermined blend of granular fertilizer is picked up from the local fertilizer plant and trucked to the field where it is broadcast over the field at a rate determined by soil analysis. The potato sets are trucked out to the field from the warehouse. A conveyor fills the planter with potato sets and a blend of “in-furrow” fertilizer. A Tractor pulls a tillage implement to make a soft and loose bed for the seed to be placed in. The Planter goes behind and places the seed at the proper spacing in the rich soil. Four rows 3 feet apart are planted every pass down the field. The planter is reloaded as needed.

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