SECTIONAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGY (SCT)

Sectional Control technology (SCT) is an innovative way to eliminate overlaps and save on input costs. Sectional Control technology works in conjunction with GPS and autosteer to lift openers when seeded ground is encountered and shut down metering of seed and fertilizer. This reduces ground disturbance and doubling up of inputs.

• Save on input costs
• Reduct costs by as much as 10% depending on the width of your toolbar and the variability of your land.
• Plant stands are more uniform
• More uniform harvest by eliminating green or lodged areas due to over fertilized headslands.
• Eliminates over fertilized areas that lodge and plug the seeder the following year.
• Increased yields by eliminating double seeding of overlaps.
• makes large machines as versatile as small machines.
• Easy to operate
• The system automatically starts and stops at the head
• lands when turning with no flipping of switches or moving levers.

Sectional Control technology can be paired with all three forms of fertilizer - granular, liquid and anhydrous ammonia. Manual override keeps openers off and up, or openers on and down in the seeding position.

The section size that is turned on and off is determined by the size of the distribution head. For example, with a 64-foot wide drill and 12-inch spacings, one section would have eight runs (openers) per head. The drill would then have 8, 8-foot sections of 8 openers each.

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One recent Sectional Control convert is Dan Bonkowski. He farms 10,000 acres in the Wapella/Whitewood area, and after using local grower Wayne Wolfe’s Seed Hawk last year, he purchased his own 84-foot drill.

"I'd been looking for a bigger drill and I knew that Sectional Control was the way to go. It was pretty much a no-brainer to buy a Seed  Hawk," said Bonkowski, who used his new air drill to seed wheat, canola and barley this year. "My land is fairly sloughey. You wouldn't usually buy an 84-foot drill to seed it, but with the Section Control technology, you can do it."

Bonkowski, who had his new drill in the field mid-April, figures the Seed Hawk will save him money. "I expect that I’ll save upwards of $80,000 on my 10,000 acres using it. It’s basically like getting a free air-drill," he said. "Sectional Control technology sold me on a Seed Hawk. It’s just excellent!"