Tillage - false nostalgia or necessity? (Part 2)

Average reading time: 4 min

How can the benefits of tillage and direct seeding be combined to achieve sustainable agriculture under varying climatic conditions?

Tillage - false nostalgia or necessity? (Part 1)

Average reading time: 4 min

The climate change is presenting agriculture with more and more challenges. As a result, the system of intensive tillage and seeding is increasingly questioned.

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Water capacity of different soils

Average reading time: 5 minutes

The water capacity of different soils plays a major role for the water supply of plants. This capacity depends on factors like soil pores, soil type and humus content. The water supply can be influenced by various factors like ploughing, direct seeding and mulch seeding.

Singulation of cereals – nothing new but more relevant than ever before with regard to resource efficiency  

Average reading time about 4 minutes

For more than 10 years, HORSCH has been focusing intensively on the singulation of cereals. It is nothing new, but the longtime experiences with this system show the potentials and also the limits. With regard to the changing conditions, do the potentials now outweigh the limits? And what are the benefits? 

Straw distribution after stubble cultivation (II)

Average reading time: 5 minutes

In the last blog article, we discussed straw distribution before stubble cultivation. What did we learn? That it is particularly important to take a look behind the combine. The keywords are: Homogeneous straw distribution and Good chaff quality

 

 

Straw distribution before and after stubble cultivation (I)

Average reading time: 3 minutes

Straw – it is a by-product of the harvest, but its significance of straw and, thus, also for straw management is constantly increasing. We want to question and to examine these topics. For what happens in front of the combine has become as important as what remains behind the combine.

 

The Final Stand-Cover Crops

Average reading time: 3 minutes

Recent interests in cover crops have demanded more answers. Some of these questions include: What are the best seeding techniques, correct seeding populations, right mixes, and most effective termination practices?

 

Managing Wet Seeding Conditions

Average reading time: 4 minutes

Once again, farmers across the US are battling cool, wet spring conditions. As the extended forecast raises the possibility of a continued wet forecast, the realization of a 24-hour planting window becomes more of a reality.