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TUDY Tillage Revised Cultivations (Fig 7.5.2.) Over some 75% of the cereal acreage the straw has been baled for the dairy herds and some has also been sold via a straw merchant. This is the first year using a Väderstad Carrier followed by a Väderstad 6 m System Disc Rapid Drill. Either one or two cultivation passes have been used with a spray in between, followed by a roll which is considered to be important to conserve moisture in a dry time and to anchor the straw residue. The overall establishment time is significantly faster and costs can be lower. The figures in brackets are the operations that may be omitted. The high work rates and good utilisation make the individual costs per hectare extremely competitive. It is not as essential to roll after the drill because of the flat profile tyres at the back but the farm would normally expect to do so. Fig. 7.5.2. Revised System Operation Cost per ha. Work Rate Labour (£) (ha./hr.) (mins./ha.) 6.5m Carrier 13 5 12 Spray 11 12 5 (6.5m Carrier) (13) (5) (12) (6m Roll) (10) (4) (15) 6m Väderstad Drill 16 4 15 (Rolled) (10) (4) (15) Totals £ 40 - £ 50 - £ 63 - £ 73 32 - 47 - 59 - 74 mins Times and Costs Bearing in mind the different permutations and that a greater area would receive a final roll in a more normal year the typical time saving is about 30% i.e. at least 30 minutes per hectare would be saved over approximately 960 ha in the autumn. Multiplied up this comes to approximately 480 hours equivalent to 8 x 60 hour weeks at this critical time of year for a driver and tractor with further savings expected in the spring. The average establishment costs this year have been very variable ranging from a small increase of £2 per hectare to a saving of £45 per hectare for the direct drilled crops. In a better autumn more direct drilling is likely to be done and with more experience a higher proportion of crops established with one pass of the cultivator. This is however not the whole story as there have been substantial overall “annual” tractor and labour savings of the order of £70,000 which these methods have primarily made possible. On this farm there is a quiet air of confidence and expectation with attention to detail clearly to the fore. It is difficult to visualise the revised system not being a long term success, maintaining or even improving the overall yields on this soil type.
Complete your soil preparation programme BioDrill Using BioDrill on a Rapid allows poppy, catch crops and other small-seeded crops to be co-drilled with the main crop in a single operation. This saves passes, time and money. Seed is metered out by the tried and tested Fenix system with great precision. The seed nozzles are situated behind the coulter units and in front of the packer wheels and produce uniform broadcasting. The seeds are covered over by the action of the wheels and the following harrow. Carrier The Carrier is the versatile tool for cultivation before drilling. Carrier 4,25 up to 8,20 metre can be equipped with three different front tools - System Disc, System Crossboard or System Agrilla/Crossboard. Carrier 3, 4, 10,25 and 12,25 metre can be equipped with System Disc front tool. The Carrier can do a lot of operations on the farm, such as shallow stubble cultivation, levelling/pressing after ploughing or discing or just conventional rolling. The Carrier does an impressive shallow cultivation at 2 - 10 cm depth and leaves a uniform, well levelled and consolidated surface. The Carrier/Rapid System Disc is the future concept for versatility.
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