to a second embodiment of the invention is illustrated in fig1 to 14 referring to fig1 there is shown a front elevation view of a furrow closing assembly 50 of the present invention fig1 to 14 show additional views of the furrow closing assembly 50 including a bottom view in fig1 a rear view in fig1 and an isometric view in fig1 the same element numbers used in identifying various components of the first embodiment of the present invention shown in fig1 10 are also used in identifying individual elements of the second embodiment of the invention shown in fig1 to 14 the furrow closing assembly 50 of the second embodiment is similar to the furrow closing assembly 10 of the first embodiment except that the first and second down force systems are different the first down force system 51 in the second embodiment includes a first actuator 52 that can be operated remotely such as a hydraulic actuator a pneumatic actuator or an electric actuator for example the first actuator 52 can be a hydraulic or pneumatic actuator having a first end 53 connected to an attachment point on the subframe 14 and a second end 54 connected to the positioning bracket 41 on the press wheel arm assembly 26 the first actuator 52 is thus connected in a manner similar to the tension spring 37 of the first embodiment the first actuator 52 provides a means for adjusting the first down force system 51 remotely to change an amount of down force imparted thereby the first.