Stubble cultivation
An extensive product range for stubble and primary soil cultivation for mulch sowing
In many places, the purpose of stubble cultivation has changed over recent years. Whereas stubble cultivation used to be an operation preceding ploughing, many farmers now use efficient stubble cultivation machines, followed by a cultivator drill, as a means of reduced-cost crop establishment.
Modern combine harvesters, with wide headers, have to handle large volumes of straw. Often, the chopper cannot cut it properly, or distribute it over the full working width. However, these large volumes of organic matter and volunteer cereals must be uniformly incorporated if the following crop is to be established without ploughing. The first stubble cultivation must break the capillaries, in order to prevent soil moisture loss, as soon as possible after harvest. If the next crop is to be mulch drilled, the soil will need to be cultivated again later after the emergence of weeds and volunteers. This operation will be at a greater depth to remove compaction, and mix the chopped straw throughout the soil profile.
LEMKEN offers a wide range of compact disc harrows and cultivators to enable the forward looking farmer and contractor a coordinated strategy for the stubble cultivation or primary soil cultivation in accordance to the area, soil and crop rotation:
