"The DB120 sets an all-new standard in the large-frame planter market. When hitched to one of our 9030 Series tractors equipped with a GreenStar™ guidance system, you've got a row-crop planting solution that's 30 percent more productive than our 36-row, DB90 planter," says Rob Rippchen division manager, marketing, John Deere Seeding.

The DB120 is a front-fold, 5-section flex-frame planter with CCS™ RefugePlus™ bulk-fill, and Pro-Series XP™ row units deliver built-in productivity and precision that producers have been asking for. These new planters are outfitted with the latest John Deere seeding technology including 125-bu. seed capacity, SeedStar 2 monitoring and variable-rate seed drives, and pneumatic down force.

"This new planter also comes standard with John Deere RowCommand™, a planter row unit on/off system that helps you reduce seed input costs and eliminate the yield drag associated with double planting in corn," says Rippchen. Also the new John Deere DB120 planter relies on the satellite-based GPS guidance of the tractor for planting accuracy – eliminating the need for traditional planter marker arms.

Front-mounted row cleaners or coulters are optional. John Deere dealers will begin to take orders for DB120 planters later this summer.