Crop residue management

Post-harvest processing of plant residues is key for efficient use of organic matter and improved soil quality. Plant residues, if left unchanged, can become a breeding ground for disease and pests. Unevenly distributed plant residues can complicate subsequent working operations. An effective solution to this problem is to process them thoroughly, which speeds up their decomposition. This can be carried out using the STRIEGEL – PRO straw harrow, mulching with MULCHER mower or using DURACUT TE and SPEED-CHOP SC_F cutting rollers.

MANAGEMENT OF CEREAL CROP RESIDUES

The amount of above ground biomass, in the form of straw, increases with the growing grain yields. The straw can either be baled after harvest, or chopped and spread in the field with a combine harvester during harvest. In the latter case, it is necessary to spread the crop residues evenly along the entire width of the header to avoid the formation of clusters around the crusher.

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EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF CROP RESIDUES IS ESENTIAL

Even distribution of straw and crop residues can be achieved using the STRIEGEL-PRO straw harrow that also cultivate soil up to a depth of 4 centimetres when passing across the field, thus creating ideal conditions for the growth of valunteer cereal seeds. If the combine harvester leaves taller stubble behind, the MULCHER rotary mower can be used to shorten the stubble field, break the stalks and distribute them evenly.

STRIEGEL-PRO Straw Harrow

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MANAGEMENT OF OILSEED RAPE CROP RESIDUES

Efficiently with a straw harrow
Rotary mowers in non-desiccated crop

The STRIEGEL‑PRO straw harrow, equipped with cutting rollers, is ideal for a stubble field with desiccated oilseed rape crop. The front rollers cut up dry oilseed rape parts, and straw harrow evenly distributes them along the field. The volunteer rape seeds immediately start growing – the rollers finely crumble the soil, the straw harrow mixes the small rape seeds with soil and they start germinating. Their control is effective, low cost and fast, covering the whole area.

A rotary mower can be used in a stubble field after oilseed rape that has not been desiccated. It chops and cut the resistant crop residues and distributes it evenly all over the field.

MANAGEMENT OF GRAIN CORN CROP RESIDUES

MULCHING AS A TOOL OF MECHANICAL CONTROL

Cultivating the soil after corn harvest, namely grain corn, is often difficult, and crop residue management plays an irreplaceable role here. Using the MULCHER rotary mower reduces crop residues to the optimal size of 3-5 centimetres, accelerates the decomposition process, and facilitates its incorporation into soil.

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GRASSLAND MAINTENANCE

Mulching has an irreplaceable role in landscaping and maintaining grasslands in terms of regulating weeds or promoting grass offsetting and maintaining the quality of fodder.
Weeds usually get to the field from untreated edges, therefore, the edges should also be maintained to prevent spreading into the field. Mulching is also important for the formation of fodder of the same quality in pastures where mulching helps thicken the vegetation, improves grass offsetting, and eliminates the old, ungrased grass.

„MANAGEMENT OF CROP RESIDUES IS IMPORTANT TO SAVE SOIL NITROGEN NECESSARY FOR THE DECOMPOSITION OF ORGANIC MATERIAL AND THE EASY OPERATION OF TILLAGE IMPLEMENTS“

MULCHER Rotary Mowers