Harrowing It is one of the main agrotechnical procedures performed before sowing and then in post-harvest cultivation. Therefore, it has a huge impact on the quality and efficiency of sowing, namely it thoroughly loosens the soil, crumbles clods or hard earth crust, prevents water evaporation, pulls out weeds and even levels the surface of the entire field. All this has a positive effect on the condition of the soil structure, thanks to which it maintains appropriate conditions for the growth, development and yield of crops. This procedure should be performed at least several times a year, so check which agricultural machines were designed for easy, quick and at the same time highly effective harrowing on a farm.
What is harrowing?
In spring, you should start carefully preparing the soil for sowing so that it has the appropriate structure in which the seeds can develop well. Because after winter, water begins to escape from the deep layers of the earth, while the surface becomes a hard crust and stones protrude from it. This causes the plant awakening stage to be significantly delayed.
Fortunately, a special one comes to the rescue harrowing procedure, which involves shallowly disturbing the top layer of soil using special tools, such as discs with teeth, which stick into the ground at an appropriate angle and move in both directions. This involves thoroughly digging the soil, which breaks up lumps and the earth's crust, mixes and additionally aerates the soil. It is also used to remove weeds, level the surface or cover the field with fertilizer or seed.
When is harrowing performed?
As for deadlines harrowing then they are different. First of all, it takes place in spring to limit excessive water evaporation and improve the soil structure. And then only after the harvest in order to mix crop residues with the soil and eliminate weeds with strong root systems.
In spring, the treatment is performed several times, excluding the period of plant emergence, when there is a risk of damaging them. The moment of its implementation is extremely important, therefore it is recommended to carry out harrowing immediately after nitrogen fertilization, repeating the operation approximately 2 weeks after the first treatment.
What agricultural machines are used for harrowing?
Today harrowing procedure is not as time-consuming as it may seem. We owe this to the constantly developing agricultural market, which provides increasingly new solutions from many manufacturers. They are leaders in a given field disc harrows of various weights intended for work on farms depending on the type of soil - light, porous or more compact soil.
Disc harrow it is, in other words, a mounted agricultural tool composed of sharp discs for cutting the soil, which are placed on 2 or more axes. It is usually equipped with a roller for pressing and compacting the roll and amortized legs. Thanks to it, you can significantly improve the quality of crops and replace the work of a traditional plow.
They deserve special attention disc harrows from producer AMJ AGRO agricultural machines, because its line ATOS disc harrows is characterized by a disc spacing of 560 mm or 610 mm, of which 2 rows are 800 mm apart. This guarantees uninterrupted operation in all conditions, even unfavorable ones.
