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It seems plate planter technology has been around a long time, nearly a century and was virtually unchanged at that.
Can anybody remember, what was the first year for each of the major equipment manufacturers departure from plate technology?
For example, J.I.Case opted to quit planters entirely in the early 70s.
When did John Deere introduce the finger pickup?
When did IH introduce the Cyclo air planters?
What did the other companies come up with? White?, Massey?, Ford?, Allis?, etc.
 
Well JD came out with the plateless units on the 1240 planters. That would have been around 1969-70??? Then the JD 7000 came out in 74-75 IRC. The IH cyclone came out in the mid 1970s as well. White brought out their air planters in the mid to late 1970s as well. AC had the 333 one of the first notil planters I ever seen.
 
I think the very first air planter AC came out with was in the very late 1960's. Case gave up many products during the 1970's due to being owned by Tenneco. Tenneco was only really interested in the industrial division but ag tractors made the Racine factory more efficient and therefore profitable. A lot of the Case dealers were supplementing and often prioritizing short line products so it made for an easy decision to close factories that Tenneco deemed unprofitable. ACG can chime in to see if there is a story about Case not known to the general public. Ford was getting the White 5100 planter about the same time White was supplying its plow lineup.
 
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