Technologies for maximum preservation of soil moisture were presented at SUA farm
07.08.2024At the SUA University Farm on Kolíňany, on July 31, a professional-educational event demonstration of Väderstad tillage technology took place. This is a technique suitable for soil protection technologies and maximum preservation of soil moisture.
As stated University Farm manager Pavol Findura, in the entire process of agricultural plant production, modern technique and technology increasingly influence the economy. It makes the entire production process more efficient, increases the quality of work and especially helps to adapt to changing climatic conditions. Currently, the company is in the phase of preparing the soil for rapeseed, the soil suffers from a moisture deficit, and therefore the effort is to prepare the soil pre-sowing with the minimum number of passes and not to dry it out.
"Even our company tries to look for alternative technical solutions with the aim of reducing production costs. One of the ways can be the use of machines that can comprehensively process the soil in one pass. It is literally a "harvester for the soil" that can carry out grounding, basic and pre-sowing soil preparation in one pass, and if equipped with a hopper with a seeding device, it can also sow rapeseed or catch crops, even in difficult soil conditions," stressed P. Findura. He added that appropriate modern technology is necessary for the company, also in terms of fulfilling the long-term vision, the goal of which is to create a full-fledged demo farm from SUA farm, to monitor the impact of regenerative agriculture on the economy and crops.
Agrotrade presented the work of modern machines of the Väderstad brand directly on the SUA farm plots, in the stubble of barley and winter wheat planted last year with no-till technology. Agrotrade Group product manager Ján Cvek, a graduate of our university, by the way, presented the robust TopDown 300 combined soil preparation cultivator and the Cultus 300 cultivator to the participants, among whom were local farmers. organized for the professional agricultural public.