The technological line for soil cultivation after previous harvest to the establishment of spring barley crop provides three operations. Spring barley should be grown in brown earth, black earth or clayey soils with a sufficient supply of water and nutrients during spring. Root crop is the best catch crop for spring barley.

In autumn, the field should be cultivated in depth after sugar beet harvest using a combined chisel plough because the soil is quite hardened by the heavy machinery. The large discs with a diameter of 690×6 mm perfectly cut the beet tops. The chisel plough tines work in depth where they can disrupt the hardened soil parts, and loosen and aerate soil. The combination of large discs and chisels provides a trouble-free incorporation of large quantities of organic matter into soil.

Quality seedbed preparation is a prerequisite for creating conditions to achieve the required yield. We recommend processing soil in a depth of 2-3 cm. A firm subsoil with sufficient moisture and loosened topsoil need to be prepared for barley seeds.

Spring barley should be planted as early as possible in spring. When establishing crop, it is essential to avoid “seed soiling”, which results in lower yield. Barley can be seeded in combination with PROFI coulters that ensure sufficient warming up and aeration of top layers of the soil profile.

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