Water Laser Technology To Plant Crops

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Water Laser Technology To Plant Crops

The South Australian No-Till Farmers Association have developed a liquid coulter device called Aqua-Till, which uses ultra-high pressure water jets to cut through stubble, which can be problematic in no-till cropping systems

The South Australian No-Till Farmers Association have developed a liquid coulter device called Aqua-Till, which uses ultra-high pressure water jets to cut through stubble, which can be problematic in no-till cropping systems.

SANTFA research and development manager Greg Butler, who spoke at last week’s Victorian No-Till Farmers Association conference in Horsham, said they started looking at the water technology in 2007. The project began in a bid to tackle problems farmers had with disc seeders in a zero-till system. High stubble levels, soft soil and wet conditions can result in residue being pushed into the soil — known as hair pinning — rather than the disc coulter cutting through it.

“The big advantage over a disc coulter is that you avoid hair pinning, the other advantage is disc seeders don’t deal with chaff fractions very well, but the Aqua-Till can do this,” Mr Butler said.

Source: The Weekly Times

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