PLANTING TECHNOLGIES PLAY AN VERY CRITICAL ROLE IN PROVIDING PRODUCERS FLEXIBILITY TO OPERATE AND PLANT IN DIVERSE FIELD OPERATING CONDITIONS. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS PLANTING WINDOWS HAVE BEEN SHORT BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINITY IN WEATHER CONDITIONS. DURING SHORT PLANTING WONDOWS COMBINED WITH PREMIUM SEED COSTS, PRECISION PLANTER TECHNOLOGIES COULD PROVIDE PRODCUERS WITH FLEXIBILITY TO PLANT QUICKLY WITH GREATER SEED PLACEMENT ACCURACY. NEW PLANTING TECHNOLOGIES WITH ELECTRIC SEED METERS AND HYDRAULIC DOWNFORCE CONTROL SYSTEM CAN ONLY POTENTIALLY METER SEEDS ACCURATELY BUT PLACE SEED IN THE TRENCH AT ACCURATE DEPTH. HOWEVER, LITTLE KNOWLEDGE EXISTS IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING THE DOWNFORCE SYSTEM FOR DIFFERENT SOIL, RESIDUE AND OPERATING CONDITIONS. KNOWLEDGE IS ALSO LACKING IN TERMS OF CONTROL SYSTEM RESPONSE AND ITS IMPACT ON SEED PLACEMENT ACCURACY. THE PROPOSED ON-FARM RESEARCH IN COLLABORATION WITH EXTENSION AGENTS WILL BE CONDUCTED ON PRODUCER FIELDS. THE RESULTS FROM DIVERSE FIELD OPERATING CONDITIONS AND MACHINE SETUP WILL PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED KNWOLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING DURING INTERACTION BETWEEN PARAMETERS LIKE DOWNFORCE SYSTEM, SEED DEPTH, SPEED AND OPERATING CONDITION. RESULTS FROM THE ON-FARM STUDIES WILL BE SHARE DURING EXTENSION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, PRECISION AG WEBSITE, EXTENSION PUBLICATION AND PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS.