Abstract
A punch planter for corn was designed, prototyped, and evaluated for no-till conditions using a commercialseed metering unit. The seed meter was evaluated for seed spacing performance at the vertical position with 2.5 kPa of vacuum, as specified by the manufacturer, and at a 22 incline with 4.0 kPa of vacuum. The prototype punch planter was evaluated at a 22 incline with 4.0 kPa of vacuum. Only small changes occurred in the seed meter performance when speed varied from 1 to 3 m/s. The precision of seed spacing decreased approximately 6.0% when compared with the seed meter results. Field tests were conducted with several residue covers for testing the residue effect at a speed of 2.0 m/s. No significant difference was observed in the planter performance. The multiples index (more than one seed in one space) increased up to 5.0% when compared to laboratory results. Emergence may have been affected by environmental conditions, but the precision during field tests was better than in the laboratory tests.
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