Zac Caldwell

introducing

AgLeaders SureDrive
System
What is SureDrive?

Electric planter drive

Allows for precise control of planter
meter performance to incorporate:
Variable rate planting
Turn compensation
Row-by-row swath control
Variable Rate Planting

Avoid having too

many plants on the
inside rows and too
few on the outside
rows
Real-time control of
seed rate in each
row
Automatic Turn Compensation

Side by side comparison, 750

acres
16 row planter with SureDrive
Always within 1,000 seeds of targeted
rate between the inside and outside
rows.
16 row hydraulic drive planter
Between a 10,000 and 15,000 variance
from the inside row to the outside row.
Row by Row Swath Control

Individual section
shut off reduces:
Overlap
Wasted seed
Advantages of SureDrive

Maintenance Free, Sealed

Construction
Eliminate chains, air clutches, harnesses
and bearings
AgLeaders color-blind Approach
ISOBUS compliant
Can be used with any VT Task Controller
display
Able to retrofit most meters/planters on
the market
Pricing and Payback

Pricing is approximately $1,315 ea.

$21,000 for a 16 row planter
Could pay for itself in as little as 561
acres
Based on:
12 row planter, $3.76 bu/acre corn price
3% better singulation
9 bushel/acre increase
Resources

Bedord, L. (2016, June 20). Successful Farming. Retrieved

from Agriculture.com:
http://www.agriculture.com/technology/crop-
management/trouble-with-the-curve
Lundgren, A. (2016, June 14). Precision Point Blog.
Retrieved from AgLeader:
http://www.agleader.com/blog/update-suredrive-limited-
release-program/
Schultz, L. (2015, September 16). AgLeader Introduces
Electric Drive. Retrieved from Precision.Agwired.com:
http://precision.agwired.com/2015/09/16/ag-leader-
introduces-electric-drive/
SureDrive. (n.d.). Retrieved from AgLeader:
http://www.agleader.com/products/seedcommand/sure-
drives/