Where planting challenges meet expert solutions:
Sprout
What We Do
We’re here to help farmers realize what their planters are capable of. Whether it’s a new, custom-built Sowmaster planter designed for how you farm or a more efficient and effective system for your trusty 2004 16-row, we’ve got solutions that will cost you less and give you more.
How We Work
Sprout’s full lineup of offerings ensures maximum productivity on your farm, from the seed to your equipment.
Sprout is the team you want to work with. Planters are the heart and soul of our expertise. We develop personal relationships with each of our customers and give 24/7/365 service. Your planter needs and questions are answered without delay to keep you rolling during one of the busiest times of the year.
Services & Partnerships
About Us
Meet Sprout
Ben Pederson, aka Sprout, got the name from his father while walking emerging corn fields together as a small boy. Maybe it was because both the corn and the kid were young and small but full of future ambition. Whatever the case, the name stuck—it became a CB radio handle, and later a business name. Never settling for the status-quo, Ben customized his first planter on the family farm to fit exactly what they needed to get the best from the most sacred pass of the season.
Planters. Precision. Profitability.
Can you get more from your planter pass and get it faster?
We can help you find out.
What We’ve Been Up To
Featured Project
A current customer had a 36-row 20” John Deere DB60 planter that had been retrofitted with equipment from Precision Planting and other brands we represent. They wanted to switch to 30” rows while maintaining all current planter capabilities, including application of nitrogen fertilizer at 20-25 gallons per acre at high speed with large on-planter storage capacity.
To meet their needs, we designed and built them a 24-row 30” Sowmaster planter with the following capabilities and equipment.
Through innovative plumbing design, we created a liquid fertilizer filling and storage system with:
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1,000 gallons capacity for fertilizer on the planter.
Existing tractor-mounted liquid storage.
The ability to fill and draw from both planter- and tractor-mounted tanks, from either the rear of the planter or front of the tractor with 3” fill lines on each tank when applying.
A liquid fertilizer plumbing setup along the planter bar and away from the primary beam. The setup is protected by aluminum tubing with wet boom connections placed between rows to avoid leaks and corrosion.
Precision Planting’s vApplyHD EM modules control liquid fertilizer rate and swath on/off to each individual row.
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Our exclusive Sowmaster, equipped with Precision Planting’s vSet 2 Meters DeltaForce and SpeedTube. The Sowmaster provides best-in-industry seeding accuracy at ground speeds up to 10mph+ while providing a “Goldilocks” amount of downforce on each individual row—regardless of challenges in speed or soil density.
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Harvest International’s LaserPro row units on a center fill, front fold, Series 2 planter bar. The center frame weight distribution system gives this planter extreme durability, with a parallel arm to provide best-in-industry wear life.
Tire inflation control system on center frame tires. The on-board air compressor (which was previously installed to operate FurrowForce closing system and Reveal row cleaners) allows in-cab adjustment of the four center frame tires, allowing the operator to decrease tire pressure to lessen soil compaction in the field and inflate for road travel when needed.
Precision Planting’s Reveal row cleaners, with the unmatched ability to deal with changing soil and residue conditions, creating a seed bed free of unwanted residues.
Precision Planting’s FurrowForce, providing a high definition, quick-reacting and automated system to close the seeding furrow and ensure the system is in-ground at full depth without excess force. This avoids sidewall compaction and closing failures while completely erasing the furrow so roots can grow out and plants can sprout up.
Built To Last
Brands We Work With
They are ahead of the curve on a lot of things as far as strip-till and the precision that goes with that; they are doing things that the rest of us are going to be forced to do in the future and they are doing it well.
Jordan
Nora Springs, Iowa
Work smarter,
not harder.
Sprout is on a mission to help growers look at their planters differently. Yes, you read that right. It's time to trick out the planter for efficiency and precision—at a fraction of the price you'd expect.
ben@sproutag.com
20690 460th St.
Lake Mills, IA 50450
