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The drill will do a much better job of planting oats, wheat, rye, maybe soybeans. Tiny round seeds like clover & alfalfa need to go through a seperate seeder on the drill, which ends up just broadcasting on the ground, as these seeds should only be 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep on firm soil. Actual grass seed often doesn't fit through those simple 'grass seeder' attachments on the drill, but some of the higher priced or newer (really higher priced) seeders have a pretty good grass seeder attachment. Since grass seed typically looks like a small ash or maple seed, it doesn't meter so well through the old fashioned 'grass seeder' - works, but a lot of fiddling. For me, I want a drill with a grass seeder attachment, old style. I seed oats with my alfalfa & clover crops, harvest the oats for grain, bale the straw, & get the legume crop. Hilly ground, so I want the cover crop to protect the alfalfa. If you typically just seed grass seed, or have very very light oats for just a light cover, your broadcast seeder will do just as good making a hay crop. If you are into double cropping like me (want an oats or wheat crop too), you will benifit from the drill. If you want to plant a lot of true grass, or get into planting lawns & the like, you would be better off with a new Great Plains or other setup that has several hoppers for all kinds of seed shapes. --->Paul
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