The best little livestock publication in the Midwest is now available online. Follow this link for a complete look at the current issue. Follow this link to subscribe, to renew subscriptions or make address changes. Karen Kent Iowa Farmer Today Shifting up a gear or two and cutting the throttle can save fuel during those planting trips across the field.
Farmers can save on fuel expenses several ways during planting.
Another way to save fuel costs is to have your tires properly inflated. A lot of times, people will worry about under inflation and think they'll wreck or ruin the tire, so ordinarily, you don't have to remind people too much about under inflation,'' says Hanna. However, people sometimes will run on overinflated tires. They might want to make sure they have no slippage on that bead on the rim. Maybe the appropriate inflation pressure is 14 pounds per square inch on that tire, and they're inflating it to 21 or 22 psi.