Do you have a multi-hectare farm and want to provide your crops with optimal soil conditions for growth and development? Check which cultivating and sowing unit is worth choosing based on the preparation of the soil structure.

What are seed drilling units?

To prepare the field for sowing, farmers use multifunctional cultivating units for precise and quick soil processing. Their main role is comprehensive loosening and crumbling of the soil. They save time and reduce excessive soil compaction. Cultivating and sowing aggregates are universal agricultural machines that are most often connected to a cultivator, tiller, harrow, seeder or tractor. The most common equipment of agricultural units are disc or tine sections.

What is the disc unit used for?

An agricultural machine equipped with sections of independent discs for pre-sowing and post-harvest cultivation is so universal that it can be used to prepare the seedbed, level the surface and loosen it after plowing. Disc unit it is much larger and heavier compared to the tine cultivator, so we need a more powerful tractor to work with it. Two rows of discs made of strong and high-quality boron steel make them more durable and resistant to overload when working on heavier types of soil (e.g. in fields with stones).

Disc aggregates they are characterized by integral crushing rollers that determine the depth at which the discs should operate. Crushing rollers in particular improve efficiency and reduce the time between successive sowing works.

Application of the toothed unit

Gear unit is a pre-sowing machine with two rows of vibrating tines for light and sandy soil. They do not cope well with heavier soil and do not perform well in fields with large amounts of crop residues. In this kind of case cultivation unit, teeth should be carefully selected to reduce the risk of plant residues sticking.

Gear unit works closely with the seeder, therefore its main purpose is to cultivate the soil after plowing. The seedbed machine can also be used for:

  • Mulch after harvest,
  • loosening after plowing,
  • Preparation for sowing,
  • Aerialize the soil in spring,
  • Spreading manure,
  • Destruction of crop residues.

An agricultural machine with tines, although it adapts perfectly to the ground on which it works, is not able to cope with plant residues, which disc cultivators can easily deal with. However, their advantage is that you do not have to worry about the strength of your tractor, because the tine units are shorter and lighter.

Which agricultural machine should you choose?

Both devices can be used to perform several different activities on the farm, but they are universal ATOS disc aggregate can handle more types of crops. On the other hand tooth aggregate it is intended mainly for seed cultivation.

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