Tillage Machines
Successful Adoption of Zero Tillage and Resource Conservation Technologies
The time and fuel saved by using zero tillage is a major benefit for Sahab Singh a farmer of Ramba village, Karnal district of Haryana. Farming nearly 42 ha of mainly sandy loam soil in 600 mm rainfall area. He grows cereal crops like wheat and paddy (twice in a season),fodder crops i.e. trifolium alexandrinum, shorgum, maize, etc. The zero tillage technology was adopted in the year 1999 on seeing it in Pehowa area in Haryana. Later on he got guidance from Dr Randhir Singh, Principal Scientist, Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal and scientists of Haryana Agricultural University. He purchased two zero tillage machines, each costing Rs 16000 in year 2000 and 2001. The machine is fitted with two boxes, one each for fertilizer and seed. Fertilizer is placed below the seed. The tines are fixed at 21 cm with knife points. Before adopting zero tillage, he could hardly take rest during sowing period. Always busy in maintenance of machines. He had to plough the field 8-10 times which consumed 75-88 litre diesel per ha area. There was lot of pollution due to more fuel burning.
He observed that sowing wheat in full paddy residue is somewhat problematic, therefore, he tried rotary disc drill too. With slight modifications, it can be a fancy machine for the farmers. At times he had to use reaper to remove residues in fields but he found that crops under residue is better than removal with high moisture content.
Zero tillage has saved a lot of labour. Drudgery of women is reduced as they had to cook food for labour. He uses clodinafop once in three years so that there is no build up of seed bank of Phalaris minor , whereas, the other farmers have to use it every year due to which it has developed resistance against some molecules. Without compromising on wheat yield, he saves at least Rs 2500 to 2900 on account of ploughing. A minimum saving of Rs 2,50,000 is simply due to adoption zero tillage technology.
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28 Foot Vertical Tillage machine with a Twist
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