KÖCKERLING

The target of reducing crop establishment costs, reducing the time taken and to improve the humus content in the soil havemeant that stubble cultivations have become much more important. Even harvest residue incorporation at shallow depth and reconsolidation of the worked ground to produce the best possible chit therefore making chemical elimination more effective are also important.

The high tine density, 23 on the 3.00m PRECISION CULTIVATOR, ensures all the soil is moved. The tines are spread over eight tine bars ensuring block free work. Any unevenly spread straw has the opportunity to be re-distributed evenly through the working depth. The high weight of the PRECISION CULTIVATOR aids penetration even in hard, dry conditions.

Having moved all the soil and evenly mixed the post harvest residues it is crucial that the moved ground is reconsolidated. Reconsolidation creates good weed, seed and volunteer soil contact, moisture is retained and slug control is aided. The Precision Cultivator incorporates a 530mm diameter soil-to-soil roller (STS) to reconsolidate the moved ground. The STS roller has two rows of self-cleaning rings. The rings are constructed from ‘U’ channels.