“Years of direct (sowing) are breaking down,” say the technicians. The increase in production costs and the proliferation of resistant and tolerant weeds to many active ingredients are tilting the balance to the tillage of the plots.
“By increasing the price of inputs and charging less in dollars, the producer is inclined to increase mechanical tillage. We must also take into account that in wheat and corn the cost of fertilization represents almost the rent, ”they explain in Cañada Rosquín; and reproduces the recent report of the Strategic Guide to Agriculture of the Rosario Stock Exchange.
“The new diamond harrow is being used for some lots,” they point out in Marcos Juárez. It is a superficial, not very aggressive tillage that generates removal in the first centimeters of the soil. In lots with high infestation of “problem” weeds, it represents an effective and cheaper alternative to the use of herbicides.
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