SUPPORT & DOWNLOADS

Downloadable Support Document

  • Lincoln Ag Products – 2026 Info Packet [PDF]
    Packet contents:
    • Price List
    • General Information
    • Parts List
    • Seed Sizing Guide

General Information

  • John Deere B type plates are 6-15/16” overall diameter and fit the following planters:
    • John Deere 71 and similar JD gravity fed plate planters.
    • Yetter 71 Series currently manufactured and sold today.
    • 1968 & later models of White (M.M. Oliver), Cockshutt, Dempster and Cole planters.
    • 1976 & later Ford 352 pull type and K.M.C. (Kelly Mfg. Co.)
    • Allis Chalmers gravity fed plate planters in combination with an AC-Adaptor.
  • International C type plates are 7-5/8” overall diameter and fit the following planters:
    • IHC 56 and similar model IHC gravity fed plate planters.
    • 1968 and later models of Case.
  • Massey Ferguson type plates are 8¼” overall diameter and fit the following planters:
    • Model 37, 39, 41, 46, 78, 468, 545
    • The Massey Ferguson plates are considered a flat drop plate with a completely enclosed round cell different from an edge drop plate.
    • Massey Ferguson made both flat drop and edge drop planter bottoms for most all models.
    • The Massey Ferguson edge drop style plates are larger in diameter than the flat drop style plates.
    • Verify your hopper takes flat drop type plates before ordering.
  • Dimensions of individual seed cell sizes:
    • All cell sizes are listed in 64th’s of an inch.
    • The 3 dimensions are listed as Length – Depth – Thickness
      • Length being measured along the outer edge of the plate.
      • Depth being measured from the outer most edge of the plate to the inside of the cell opening.
      • Thickness being measured from top to the bottom of the cell.

Cell Size Description

Seed Sizing Guide

Proper plate sizing is critical to consistent planting rates and full yields. Our complete guide to matching your seed to the correct plate, covering corn, sorghum, soybeans, sunflower, sugar beets, Massey Ferguson planters and vegetable seed, is now on its own page: Seed Sizing Guide.

Not sure which plate you need? Send us a small sample of 10-20 seeds and we will typically email you a plate recommendation the same day we receive it. See Can I send in seed for a plate recommendation? on our FAQ page for details.