A planting unit (20) for a seeding machine (12) is disclosed. The planting unit comprising: a seed supply (42)； and a driven seed meter (38) adapted to receive seeds (60) from the seed supply (42) and to dispense a singularized seed (60) to a seed delivery system (46) adapted to deposit the seed (60) within a furrow (50) in the ground of a field； wherein the driven movement of the seed meter (38) is adapted to be controlled by an electronic control unit (34) such as to achieve a pre-defined pattern of the seeds (60) in the field and the planting unit (20) is adapted to skip dispensing of seeds (60) at locations at which a tramline (68) extending in an angle to the travel direction is to be provided according to the pre-defined pattern.
