Feeding your crop in a timely, and efficient, manner is big business these days as farmers work to maximize their returns on that seed investment. In this gallery we share a dozen tools that tackle different aspects of the fertilization challenge.

Rounded up by the Penton Agriculture Farm Show New Products Team, these machines offer different features for different fertilizer strategies. Whether you're into fall nitrogen use or mid-season side-dressing, you'll find products here that can fill that need.

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

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