A farm in the Cherkasy region adjusts its technology amid drought

At the Novosilka-SSA farm in Cherkasy region, the technology is being adjusted to involve fewer tillage operations. If they realize they cannot work the soil to a certain depth, they opt for surface sowing and accept that crop losses could reach 10-15%. Farm manager Yakiv Fordun told The Ukrainian Farmer magazine in an interview. For the farm, 2-3 cm is now the optimal depth. The seeds will germinate, and the plants will be able to use moisture from the surface. This has happened with winter wheat: they saw that there was moisture and that it was time to sow, so they began working the soil, but by the time they had prepared the field, the moisture had receded. They had to postpone sowing. Read also: Because of droughts, a farm in Cherkasy region abandoned rapeseed cultivation.

At the Novosilka-SSA farm in Cherkasy region, they are adjusting their technology to involve fewer tillage operations. If they realize they cannot work the soil to a certain depth, they opt for surface sowing and accept that yield losses may amount to 10-15%. Farm manager Yakiv Fordun said this in an interview with The Ukrainian Farmer magazine. For the farm, 2-3 cm is currently the optimal depth. The seeds will germinate, and the plants will be able to use moisture from the surface. This has happened with winter wheat, too: they saw that there was moisture and that they needed to sow, so they ...