Seed Establishment
These how-to videos provide valuable information and practical tips to help you maximise the yield potential of every crop.
Understanding modern farming practices can enable you to significantly boost crop yield and efficiency. Using a variable seed rate allows for optimal seed distribution based on soil conditions, leading to better crop establishment.
When choosing a seed drill concept, the single disc coulter is ideal for no-till farming, while the double disc coulter ensures consistent seed depth and soil contact.
Applying fertilizer during drilling ensures nutrients are available to seedlings right from the start, promoting strong growth. Careful seed placement is crucial for uniform crop emergence and can be checked using tools like seed depth gauges.
High-speed planting saves time and labour, with modern equipment maintaining accuracy, even at higher speeds. Implementing these practices can improve crop management and yields.
What is the benefit of variable seed rate?
The aim is to plant the same number of plants of the same size throughout the field in order to achieve the highest yield and best plant quality, and maximise net profit. Germination can be affected by different soil types. A variable seed rate can help to compensate for and minimise these effects.
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Which seed drill concept to choose: The single disc coulter
When deciding between a single disc coulter and a double disc coulter for your seed drill, it is important to understand that it is not only the coulter itself that is important, as consolidation around the coulter, the method of contour-following, and coulter pressure are equally important.
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Which seed drill concept to choose: The double disc coulter
When deciding between a single disc coulter and a double disc coulter for your seed drill, it is important to understand that it is not only the coulter itself that is important, as consolidation around the coulter, the method of contour-following, and coulter pressure are equally important.
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Why apply fertilizer when drilling or planting?
Many seed drills and planters are available as combi models, enabling you to apply the fertilizer in the same pass as the seed. The advantages include saving an operation when applying fertilizer, increasing the efficiency of the fertilizer, saving resources and achieving a higher yield. The placement of the fertilizer therefore plays a key role.
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Why is seed placement so important and how can it be checked?
Seed placement is crucial in creating the same conditions for every plant. This helps to maximise the yield potential of your field. When we talk about equal seed placement, we mean identical seed depth, as well as consistent spacing both within a seed row and in-between rows.
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Why plant at high speed?
High-speed planting offers a number of advantages in the field, as a larger area can be treated using the same machine. This not only offers an opportunity to boost net profit by completing the job faster, which is key when timing is crucial, but also ensures more precise seed placement.
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