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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS
Use of no-TILL technology and its positive impact: Increasing crop yield, decreasing cost production and improving soil conservation
Panel Discussion:By Ambassador R. Carlos Sersale di Cerisano, Argentine Republic
e-mail: [email protected]
Experimental Farms in South Africa Project started in 2011
2 experimental farms in distinct locations with different
characteristics
Work done with Argentine no-Till machinery and related inputs
Argentine and South African professionals and farmers working
together
Public and Private interaction
Conventional planting Direct Planting
Comparison between conventional and direct planting Conventional planting
2nd Phase of PlantingNovember 2011
CROP YIELD RESULTS (Two per year)
• Maize: Average increase of 30% by direct planting as opposed to conventional tillage
• Soya: Average increase of 15% by direct planting as opposed to conventional tillage
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PRODUCTION RESULTS & ADVANTAGES
• 46% reduction in fuel consumption
• 45% reduction in repair costs
• ¼ the Amount of man hours as opposed to
conventional Tillage methods.
More Results• The technology used for direct planting surpassed the
conventional by 46,9% in high potential yields and 22,7% in low potential yields respectively.
• A 1.93% increase was shown in high potential yields when increasing the number of seeds from 60 to 80 thousand whilst in Low Potential yields an increase of 7.77 % was present when an increase of 45 thousand to 60 thousand seeds was made.
Increases in exports to South Africa
Results of experimental farms made between Grain S.A./INTA
• Local developments at Settlers farm
• Demonstration of erosion in direct planting and conventional tillage.
Argentine INTA’s Team and Presence on South African Farms
