Precision Planting Reveals 3 New Products at PTx Winter Conference

AGCO announced that it’s Precision Planting brand revealed new products for both planting and spraying at the PTx Winter Conference at the company’s headquarters in Tremont.

The 2026 PTx Winter conference, which runs through Friday, January 23, will showcase the latest in agronomy, technology, and economic research from PTx, the parent company of the Precision Planting and PTx Trimble brands. 

“Providing farmers with new trial results, the latest in technology research, and a few pages of notes to reference at home is why we host this conference,” said Bryce Baker, Marketing Director at PTx.  “This year’s conference continues the 23-year legacy of the Precision Planting Winter Conference and adds the PTx Trimble brand in its 24th year.”

ArrowTube: A seed delivery system that provides accurate spacing at high speed, ArrowTube also orients corn seeds with the tip down to promote even germination and emergence. It also orients the embryo sideways to promote corn leaves that grow across the row to capture maximum sunlight. 
  
SymphonyVision | Duo:  A retrofit sprayer system that uses cameras, concentrate tanks, and a dual nozzle system, SymphonyVision | Duo enables farmers to spot spray contact herbicide and broadcast apply a second tank mix with the sprayer they already own in the same pass.
Product highlights include:

Precision Planting ArrowTube

A highlight of the conference was the launch of Precision Planting ArrowTube, a seed delivery system that controls all aspects of seed placement to help each plant reach its full potential.  When corn seeds are planted tip down, with the embryo facing the adjacent row, the radicle root and coleoptile are able to naturally grow up toward the soil surface and down into the soil, along with a strong correlation of leaves growing across the row rather than with the row.  ArrowTube uses seed acceleration and strategic friction to orient seeds as they move through a path from the seed meter to the furrow; a knife cuts a narrow sub-furrow into which the seeds land and are held in the proper orientation in the ground. The result is increased yield potential, faster canopy closure, and appropriate spacing at high speeds, along with the most uniform emergence possible.