Seed While You Harvest
NEW! Harvest Seeder from Red Barn Solutions.
Harvest and Seed in a single pass.
The conditions are right, the costs are low. Broadcast a cover crop under the harvest chaff.
Harvest Seeder works with any John Deere S-Series combine.
No permanent modifications to the combine.
Excellent Seed Placement!
Broadcast seed across the entire width of any corn or bean head.
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Montag's 2108 Seeder
Designed for cover crops. A high speed fan generates air flow, and 8 independent augers move seed into the flow. The seeder operates on a fully isolated, independent hydraulic system from the combine.
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Worldclass Technology
From John Deere’s GreenStar, you set seeding rate, and view Montag’s weigh scale. Harvest Seeder uses Raven’s Rate Control Module, level 2 with a harness and ISO plug from Red Barn Solutions.
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Seed onto Soil
Seed tubes broadcast the cover seeds out in front of the snapping rolls of the corn head. Seeding is onto bare soil, chaff and stocks cover the seeds.
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Ideal Seeder Capacity
Holding about 60 bu, or 3,520 lbs of seed, the 50 cubic foot tank capacity requires filling about as often as your fuel tank.
In the News…
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One Pass Cover Crop Seeding And Harvesting
Farm Show Magazine
2023 - Volume #47, Issue #6, Page #04“The Montag Gen II 2108 holds about 60 bushels,” says Puck. “That would seed about 50 lbs. per acre and cover about 50 acres between fills. At a quarter or half a bushel per acre, it would do a lot more.”
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“What Does the Future of Cover Crop Seeding Look Like?”
Cover Crop Strategies by Mindy Ward
April 8, 2024Missouri Soybeans put new cover crop seeding technologies such as the Harvest Seeder to the test last fall at Bay Farm Research Facility outside of Columbia, Mo. The results showed it provides similar coverage to a no-till box drill without the extra pass across the field.
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“Montag and Red Barn Solutions are offering a free trial of the Harvest Seeder this fall for Missouri soybean growers.”
Missouri Ruralist
April 2024Bloom says farmers should look at the coverage and the cost of cover crop seeding. His breakdown finds: Montag Harvest Seeder — 47 cents per acre
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“Selecting Cover Crop Seeding Machinery”
University Missouri Extension
October 2023An added mulching effect can be delivered by the chaff, increasing germination over other broadcast seedings.
