A commodity delivery apparatus for transferring a commodity to a furrow, comprising a support member with a housing and an endless member at least partially disposed within the housing and configured to receive the commodity through a first opening of the housing and to dispose the commodity in the furrow through a second opening of the housing , the commodity delivery apparatus comprising a commodity debris guard with: a first debris guard operably connected to the support member , the first debris guard comprising a base and upwardly extending side portions , the first debris guard configured to mitigate debris from contacting an endless member positioned at least partially within the housing ; and a second debris guard operably connected to the support member and disposed forward and below the first debris guard , the second debris guard configured to mitigate debris from contacting the endless member , the second debris guard comprising a base and upwardly extending side portions extending from the base ; wherein the base comprises an upper substantially linear portion and a lower curved portion ; wherein the second debris guard further comprises an extension member , and the extension member having an extension portion that is configured to channel the commodity as it exits the extension portion to the associated furrow of an underlying surface;wherein the lower curved portion is operably connected to the extension member ; wherein the extension portion is configured to extend substantially along a tangent line (TL) extending from the commodity lower second opening ; wherein the second debris guard further comprises a drop-down body forming a drop-down angle α by comprising the tangent line and a drop-down line therebetween; characterized in that the dropdown angle α being from about ten degrees to about thirty degrees. a first debris guard operably connected to the support member , the first debris guard comprising a base and upwardly extending side portions , the first debris guard configured to mitigate debris from contacting an endless member positioned at least partially within the housing ; and a second debris guard operably connected to the support member and disposed forward and below the first debris guard , the second debris guard configured to mitigate debris from contacting the endless member , the second debris guard comprising a base and upwardly extending side portions extending from the base ; wherein the base comprises an upper substantially linear portion and a lower curved portion ; wherein the second debris guard further comprises an extension member , and the extension member having an extension portion that is configured to channel the commodity as it exits the extension portion to the associated furrow of an underlying surface;wherein the lower curved portion is operably connected to the extension member ; wherein the extension portion is configured to extend substantially along a tangent line (TL) extending from the commodity lower second opening ; wherein the second debris guard further comprises a drop-down body forming a drop-down angle α by comprising the tangent line and a drop-down line therebetween; characterized in that the dropdown angle α being from about ten degrees to about thirty degrees. <EOS>