The efficiency of a seeder in the field is directly connected to its capacity to ensure sowing precision, the capacity to adapt to the terrain and operation performance.
For this reason, when choosing the ideal agricultural machine, you need to consider which features are determining for the good performance of the equipment to your farm need. These variations may impact on the sowing uniformity, the usage of the inputs and yield in general.
The agronomist engineer, Lucas Luersen, Stara Product Marketing Analyst, lists five main factors that influence on the efficiency of an agricultural seeder in the field.
Check out the highlights indicated by the expert:
1. Adjustment and sowing rate
The way the seeds are regulated makes all the difference. Mechanical seeders are limited in applications with reduced rates. It impairs, for instance, the sowing of crops such as brachiaria, which demands more density.
On the other hand, pneumatic seeders allow the precise control of the seed rates, even in lower levels, ensuring more savings and adaptation to the crop management. Lucas Luersen, Stara Product Marketing Analyst explains:
"A factor that significantly impacts the mechanical seeder efficiency is using lower rates. These implements are usually calibrated and adjusted with rates lower than 50 kg/ha, and on pneumatic seeders, the seed rate can be easily reduced."
2. Seeder hopper capacity
Agricultural implements featuring hoppers with a higher capacity reduce the need to stop for supplying, increasing the operating yield.
The Stara Guapa Supra seeder, for instance, allows up to four different settings to distribute seeds and fertilizers, being possible to reach 5,150 litres in the “seeds only” mode.
On the other hand, the Guapita agricultural seeder provides a central seed hopper with a capacity of up to 1,465 litres and a fertilizer hopper with a capacity of 1,915 litres, perfect for medium scale operations.
3. Sowing uniformity and terrain copy
The seed distribution precision is related to the seeder capacity to copy the terrain. For this reason, the technical recommendation is that the seeder is equipped with hinge systems in the row units and pneumatic and helical springs, ensuring uniformity even in bumpy terrains, ridges, and terraced fields.
This precise terrain copy avoids failures or overlaps, delivering a more uniform and productive crop field.
4. On-board technology on the agricultural implement
Agricultural seeders with on-board agricultural technology allow the operator to have more control during operations. That is why it’s worth to check the factory options available on the agricultural equipment, and check for technical support for possible updates and customs for the crop field needs.
The Stara seeder line has systems such as:
- Topper: agricultural controller that integrates machine monitoring and remote technical assistance direct from the machine cab;
- Syncro: synchronizing the operation of up to four Stara agricultural machines in the same field, avoiding overlap of seeds;
- Stara Agricultural Machines Monitoring Systems: emitting alerts in real time, optimizing the usage and reducing the operating risks.
5. Easy transport and steering procedures
The sowing efficiency also includes the capacity to move faster, especially in areas with narrow gates and roadways.
Having this in mind, the Stara seeder provides specific technologies to help the farmer in this operation stage.
Guapa Supra, for example, has a transport system that reduces its width to 3.35 m and height to 3.91 m, to ease the transport. Guapita, with its automatic section unfolding and folding system, reaches a width of 3.20 m in less than a minute, without the need to leave the machine cab.
In general, these five factors should be noted when choosing the most suitable agricultural seeder model for your crop field, considering all the sowing steps.
Stara agricultural seeder: solutions for the crop field
The Stara agricultural seeders were developed to deliver maximum quality and technology for the farmer. From Guapa, which is perfect for rice crop sowing, to Guapa Supra Winter, which is ideal for winter crops such as wheat, barley and oats, Stara provides solutions to all types of crops with usage versatility and configuration.
Additionally, you can count on an expert technical assistance, remote support in real-time and full integration with technologies for Precision Agriculture. Invest in performance, economy, and innovation for your crop field by using the Stara seeders.
With these technical instructions, you learned the essential components of a seeder to ensure a good soil preparation, the suitable placement of seeds in the correct depth, and a high germination rate of the crop plants in development process.
See more: learn how to optimize the wheat sowing and avoid losses
Conclusion
Choosing an agricultural seeder that meets the farm needs is an essential step to ensure yield, economy of inputs and sowing quality.
Factors such as adjustment, capacity of the hoppers, terrain copy, on-board agricultural technology, and easy transport should be considered carefully to reach the expected performance.
No matter what the crop is or the farm size, there is a Stara seeder ready to sow positive results and yield.
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