SOIL SENSOR TECHNOLOGY--Straw Track Manufacturing, Saskatchewan, Canada, announces its Packing Force Sensor, specifically for its Seed Master air drills. The sensor features a load cell, the same type used on cattle and truck weigh scales. It mounts above the packer wheel on one of the openers, measures any changes in packing force, and instantly displays those readings on a digital monitor in the tractor cab. Producers can adjust the hydraulic force from their tractor seat. The sensor alerts farmers when hard soil is pushing against their knives and packer wheels, reducing packing pressure, or when softer soil is causing the openers and packer wheels to sink too easily, which can lead to over packing. For more information, call 888-721-3001, or visit www.seedmaster.ca.
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SOIL SENSOR TECHNOLOGY--Straw Track Manufacturing, Saskatchewan, Canada, announces its Packing Force Sensor, specifically for its Seed Master air drills. The sensor features a load cell, the same type used on cattle and truck weigh scales. It mounts above the packer wheel on one of the openers, measures any changes in packing force, and instantly displays those readings on a digital monitor in the tractor cab. Producers can adjust the hydraulic force from their tractor seat. The sensor alerts farmers when hard soil is pushing against their knives and packer wheels, reducing packing pressure, or when softer soil is causing the openers and packer wheels to sink too easily, which can lead to over packing. For more information, call 888-721-3001, or visit 
