Kverneland power harrow fold-Rotago F

WHY POWER HARROWING?

FOR SUCCESSFUL GERMINATION Efficient seedbed preparation is needed for healthy plant growth as the basis for yield and profit, as well as for a safe food production. The need for more sustainable practices and the economic pressure have driven the development of next generation technologies. An optimal seedbed with a load-bearing seed horizon in which the seed can be placed at an absolutely even depth over the whole area of the field is the basis for high field emergence and thus for high yields. It requires an unbroken connection between the seed horizon and the capillary water conducting lower layer to ensure germination in the absence of rainfall. Additionally, rapid heating of the soil and adequate oxygen supply to the germination seeds as well as fine crumbled and uniform reconsolidated seedbed for an optimal seed coverage is important too. Power harrows have long since become typical combination machines because they are almost independent of the soil conditions. On heavy soils, it achieves intensive crumbling. In light conditions, it can work more shallow and at lower rotor speed. The sets of tines rotate on vertical axles for totally horizontal tillage of the soil – no inversion of soil layers and no vertical compression leading to hardpan formation. Consequently, there is no better alternative for seedbed preparation.

Perfect Seedbed

• Uniform distribution of plant residues (to ensure best light and nutrient conditions). • No deep tracks or compacted zones in the ground. • Constant working depth, avoiding unnecessarily deep cultivation. • Soil structuring with fine soil in the sowing horizon and coarser crumb structure at the surface to achieve a weatherproof finish.

The Rotago F together with the front hopper f-drill and coulter bar CB F is finally an economic high performance combination. Seedbed preparation and seeding in one pass!

A perfect seedbed is the basis for high yields.

KVERNELAND ROTAGO F