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Implements and Machines

Row Crop Planter

Planting and Seeding Implements

A farm implement, typically towed behind a tractor, that sows seed in precise, evenly spaced rows rather than scattering it. Row spacing is set to match the crop, and a single machine can carry anywhere from one to more than fifty individual row units, making the planter the standard sowing tool for widely spaced row crops such as maize and cotton. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Introduced Year
1853 2
Origin
Illinois, United States; associated with George W. Brown's 1853 patent for the first practical corn planter 2
Classification
Power Source
Hydraulic or PTO 1
Connections

Associated With

Broadcast Seeder, Implements and Machines

broadcast seeding, scattering seed over the whole field, is the older and less precise method that row crop planters largely superseded for row crops

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Hydraulics, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the power-source enum value this implement already carries, resolved to an agriculture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The power-source fact itself stays on the implement unchanged.

Power Take-Off, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the power-source enum value this implement already carries, resolved to an agriculture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The power-source fact itself stays on the implement unchanged.

Sources
1. Planter (farm implement) (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Introductory section
    Planters lay the seeds down in precise manner along rows.
  • lead description or Wikipedia lead (power-source)
    It is connected to the tractor with a drawbar or a three-point hitch.
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2. Timeline of Ag Equipment 'Firsts' (Farm Equipment)
  • 1853 entry, chronological equipment timeline
    The first patent for a practical corn planter was issued to George W. Brown of Illinois.
  • 1853 entry, same paragraph as the patent date
    The first patent for a practical corn planter was issued to George W. Brown of Illinois.
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