Companies rolled out their best seed management and planting tech at the big farm shows last fall, and you can catch a good sample here.

One key trend is the move toward higher speed planting, with planter add-on specialists designing tools for high-speed planters, which shows that these machines are probably here to stay. This roundup includes planters, and a range of add-ons to consider for the machine you already own.

Check out this gallery of tools and don't miss our other farm show galleries including:

Machines for fertilizer use, precision

Grain-handling tools and systems

Put these useful farm tools to work

Tools for turning dirt, a tillage roundup

The Penton Agriculture Farm Show New Products Team includes Tom Bechman, Indiana Prairie Farmer; Lon Tonneson, Dakota Farmer; and Mindy Ward, Missouri Ruralist