Direct seeding

Direct seeding is a technique that allows the establishment of crops without tillage. It therefore has a single operation, that is to say the seed. It follows, therefore, a maximum amount of crop residue on the floor.

The advantages and disadvantages following may be associated with direct seeding:

Advantage:

• Protection against soil erosion by water and wind through residue cover.
• Significant improvement, usually from the third year of the structure and the biological activity of the soil.
• Decreased compaction through reduced traffic and a better bearing capacity of soil.
• Reducing purchasing costs, operation and maintenance of machinery.
• Save time in the spring and fall, and thus reducing labor costs.
• Reduced energy demand.

Disadvantages:

• Warming and slower drying of the soil. However, once the ranks generated by the action of the cup-residue drill, this problem does not exist for the sown band.