The Offset Disc Harrow is a harrow capable to be operated offset from the tractor. The disc harrow consists of 14-24 discs mounted in two gangs, each gang has a common centre bolt called 'arbor' and it throws the soil in the opposite direction. For cutting and burying crop residues, the aggressive action of the disc harrow is popular and excellent. Notched discs can also be fitted to the harrow, for better penetration in the soil due to reduced peripheral contact area. These notched discs are very effective against weeds because of the pulling and cutting action of the discs rather than the pushing. The spring loaded head stock brace of the mounted disc harrow allows great flexibility of the unit over an uneven terrain or obstructions. Our offset disc harrow has a strong and sturdy main frame with high quality & durable steel discs and heavy duty chilled cast iron spools to provide the centre weight. Optional wheels are also available for towing on road.
The Offset Disc Harrow is a harrow capable to be operated offset from the tractor. The disc harrow consists of 14-24 discs mounted in two gangs, each gang has a common centre bolt called 'arbor' and it throws the soil in the opposite direction. For cutting and burying crop residues, the aggressive action of the disc harrow is popular and excellent. Notched discs can also be fitted to the harrow, for better penetration in the soil due to reduced peripheral contact area. These notched discs are very effective against weeds because of the pulling and cutting action of the discs rather than the pushing. The spring loaded head stock brace of the mounted disc harrow allows great flexibility of the unit over an uneven terrain or obstructions. Our offset disc harrow has a strong and sturdy main frame with high quality & durable steel discs and heavy duty chilled cast iron spools to provide the centre weight. Optional wheels are also available for towing on road.
The cultivator is a light-weight secondary tillage and seedbed preparation implement with staggered, spaced spring-shanks. Both Point type and Sweep type tools can be used on the shanks. Depth of operation is regulated by the depth control wheels. Cultivator also facilitates the application of fertilizer and pesticides during the secondary tillage. A cultivator is an agricultural implement for stirring and pulverizing the soil, either before planting or to remove weeds and to aerate and loosen the soil after the crop has begun to grow. Cultivators are powered by a tractor and stirs the soil, generally to a greater depth than does the harrow. We offer a variety of Agricultural and Garden Cultivators including the Rigid Cultivators, Extra Heavy Duty Rigid Cultivators, Heavy Duty Rigid Cultivator, Light Duty Rigid Cultivator, Medium Duty Rigid Cultivator, Spring Loaded Cultivators, etc. These all types of cultivators are globally prominent for high strength, longer durability, better performance, and cost-effectiveness.
Land Levellers are elegant agricultural implement for land leveling, filling, back fillings, farmyard clearing, etc. Soil retaining wings can also be optionally fitted on both ends of the levelling blade for carrying the soil without spillage. Our agricultural levelling blades are suitable for sticky soils as well as non- sticky soils. We manufacture and supply a variety of agricultural levelling blades including the Heavy Duty Land Levellers and Reversible Land Levellers, and all these are prominent and popular worldwide for superior quality and durability, high strength, better performance and impressive cost-effectiveness.
Alley cropping is the growing of crops between rows of trees. Inga alley cropping consists of growing crops between rows of Inga trees. This has been found to increase yields. It is sustainable as it enables the same plot to be cultivated over and over, thus eliminating the need for the continual burning of the rainforest to get new fertile plots (slash and burn or shifting cultivation). Rainforest Saver is supporting Inga projects in Honduras and Cameroon. Please support us with any donation you can afford.
The inga tree is native to many parts of Central and South America, but has been found to grow well in other parts of the world in the tropical rainforest belt.
The Inga is suitable because
- it grows well on the acid soils of the tropical rainforest and former rainforest soils,
- is a leguminous tree that fixes nitrogen (converts nitrogen into a form usable by plants),
- has mycorrhizae (special fungi that grow with its roots) that take up phosphorus allowing it to be recycled instead of being washed out from the soil,
- grows fast,
- has thick leaves that when left on the ground after pruning form a thick cover that protects both soil and roots from the sun and heavy rain,
- branches out to a thick canopy so as to cut off light from the weeds below, and
- withstands careful pruning year after year.
For Inga alley cropping the trees are planted in rows (hedges) close together, with a gap, the alley, of say 4m between the rows.
When the trees have grown, usually in about two years, the canopies close over the alley and cut off the light and so smother the weeds.
The trees are then carefully pruned. The larger branches are used for firewood. The smaller branches and leaves are left on the ground in the alleys. These rot down into a good mulch (compost). If any weeds haven't been killed off by lack of light the mulch smothers them.
The farmer then pokes holes into the mulch and plants his crops into the holes.
The crops grow, fed by the mulch. The crops feed on the lower layers while the latest prunings form a protective layer over the soil and roots, shielding them from both the hot sun and heavy rain. This makes it possible for the roots of both the crops and the trees to stay to a considerable extent in the top layer of soil and the mulch, thus benefiting from the food in the mulch, and escaping soil pests and toxic minerals lower down. Pruning the Inga also makes its roots die back, thus reducing competition with the crops.
Research found that the main reason for the soil losing its fertility with slash and burn farming was that the rain was washing out phosphorus. The special fungi that grow with the Inga roots take up spare phosphorus, which then goes to the roots and into the tree. As the crops grow, so does the Inga. When the crops are harvested the Inga is allowed to grow back. Once more it closes the canopy, is pruned, and the cycle is repeated, time and again. When the tree is pruned the leaves fall on the ground and rot down and phosphorus is released for the crops. The fungi again take up spare phosphorus. Thus the cycle is repeated time and again. An initial application of rock phosphate has kept the system going for many years.
Not only do the farmers grow their basic crops of maize and beans, but also they now grow cash crops with this system. Previously this was not possible because when the plot was a good distance from the farmer's home he would not have been able to guard it, or give the crops all the attention they might need. But with the same plot being used continuously it can be near his home, thus allowing his family to help to tend and guard it, even when there are young children.
For years, the problem has been how to get rid of excess crop residue so it doesn't affect crop emergence. Now, alternative fuel makers have another use for biomass, and equipment companies are scrambling for ways to handle it. The key question for manufacturers is if they should modify existing equipment, develop new prototypes or design totally different machines to collect biomass. Growers can expect to see biomass machines that look a lot like the windrowers and choppers of days gone by but with a new name and higher price tag. It turns out that alternative fuels may keep more than just farmers in business.
SOURCE:http://farmindustrynews.com
SOURCE:http://farmindustrynews.com
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Important varieties of sugarcane Sugarcane is an important commercial crop, which is the basic raw material for the manufacture of sugar. Therefore, it has industrial importance per-hectare yield and percent sugar recovery is the two factors contributing towards production of sugar. Hence while developing new varieties of sugarcane, these two factors get prime importance in the minds of Scientists (breeders). The work of developing new varieties is a continious process and newer varieties are introduced for cultivation after certain interval. In Maharashtra, sugarcane research is carried out mainly at Padegaon, near Neera in Pune District. This research station has evolved 13 new varieties. These are as under :
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Promissing Varieties of Wheat | |
Varieties | Production Conditions |
Northern Hills Zone (NHZ) | |
VL-832,VL-804, HS-365, HS-240 | Irrigated/Rainfed, Medium Fertility, Timely Sown |
VL-829,HS-277 | Rainfed, Medium Fertility, Early Sown |
HS-375(Himgiri),HS-207, HS-295, HS-420 (Shivalik) | Irrigated/Rainfed, Medium Fertility, Late Sown |
HS375 (Himgiri), HPW42 | Very High Altitude |
Noth Western Plains Zone (NWPZ) | |
HD2687,WH-147, WH-542, PBW-343, WH-896(d), PDW-233(d), UP-2338, PBW-502, Shresth (HD 2687), Aditya (HD 2781) | Irrigated, High Fertility,Timely Sown |
PBW-435, UP-2425, PBW-373, Raj-3765 | Irrigated, Medium Fertility, Late Sown |
North Eastern Plain Zone (NEPZ) | |
PBW-443, PBW-502, HD-2733, K-9107, HD-2824(Poorva), HUW-468, NW-1012, HUW-468, HP-1731, Poorva (HD 2824) | Irrigated,High Fertility,Timely Sown |
Raj-3765, HD-2643, NW-1014, NW-2036, HUW-234, HW-2045, HP-1744, DBW-14 | Irrigated, Medium Fertility, Late Sown |
HDR77, K8027, K8962 | Rainfed, Low Fertility, Late Sown |
HD-2888 | Rainfed, Timely Sown |
Central Zone (CZ) | |
DL-803-3, GW-273, GW-190, Lok-1, Raj-1555, HI-8498(d), HI-8381(d) | Irrigated, High Fertility, Timely Sown |
DL-788-2, GW-173, NI-5439, MP-4010, GW-322, Urja (HD 2864) | Irrigated, Medium Fertility, Late Sown |
C-306, Sujata, HW-2004, HI-1500, HD-4672(d), JWS-17 | Rainfed, Low Fertility, Timely Sown |
Peninsular Zone (PZ) | |
DWR-195, HD-2189,DWR-1006(d), MACS-2846(d), DWR-2001(di), Raj-4037, DDK-1009(di) | Irrigated,High Fertility,Timely Sown |
HUW-510, NIAW-34, HD-2501, HI-1977,Pusa Tripti (HD-2833) | Irrigated, Medium Fertility, Late Sown |
A9-30-1, K-9644,NIAW-15(d), HD-2380 | Rainfed, Low Fertility,Timely Sown |
Southern Hills Zone (SHZ) | |
HW-2044, HW-1085, NP-200(di), HW-741 | Rainfed, Low Fertility, Timely Sown |
HUW-318, HW-741, HW-517, NP-200(di), HW-1085 | Irrigated, High Fertility, Timely Sown |
National Capital Region Delhi (NCR) | |
HD-2851(Pusa Visesh), HD-4713(i)(d) | Irrigated, Timely Sown |
Pusa Gold (WR-544) | Irrigated,Late Sown |
Latest Release of wheat varieties | |||
HD-2894 (2008) | High yielding variety for NCR Delhi, with an average yield of 5.2 t/ha having a protein content of 12.9%, high gluten score, and good chapati making. It is developed by IARI New Delhi | ||
HD-4713 (durum) (2008) | High yielding durum variety for NCR Delhi, with an average yield of 4.71 t/ha having a protein content of 5.15%. It is resistant to brown rust under both natural and artificial conditions and is suitable for pasta products. | ||
Pusa Gold (WR-544)(2005) | for late sown, irrigated conditions of Delhi region, released by IARI New Delhi. | ||
Pusa Visesh (HD-2851) (2005) & HD-4713(d)(i)(2006) | for timely sown, irrigated conditions of Delhi region, released by IARI New Delhi | ||
Poorva (HD 2824) (2005) | timly sown irrigated for NEPZ region, released by IARI New Delhi | ||
HD-2888 (2006) | timly sown, Rainfed conditions for NEPZ region, released by IARI New Delhi | ||
Shresth (HD 2687)(2005), Aditya (HD 2781)(2005) | timly sown, irrigated conditions of NWPZ region, released by IARI New Delhi | ||
Pusa Tripti (HD-2833)(2006) | Late sown & Irrigated conditions of PZ, released by IARI New Delhi | ||
Urja (HD 2864) | for late sown, irrigated conditions for CZ region, released by IARI New Delhi | ||
Amrta (HI 1500) | for timely sown unirrigated for central India, released by IARI Indore | ||
Swarna (HI 1479) | for timely sown irrigated condition for central India, released by IARI Indore | ||
PBW 502 | timly sown, irrigated conditions of NWPZ credited with Punjab Agriculture Univ. | ||
DBW 14 | late sown,irrigated conditions of NEPZ credited with Directorate of Wheat Research |