RESEARCH OF EFFICIENCY OF USING THE SMARTFIRMER SYSTEM IN GROWING CORN ON GRAIN

Abstract

Among the great variety of crops grown in the fields today, corn occupies a significant place. The spread of this crop is due to the declared quantities, both finished agricultural products and price. Therefore, today corn is becoming one of the leading crops grown in different countries and continents. One of the main tasks of the process of growing crops in agriculture is quality sowing. Today, technologies that use all sorts of sensors to monitor the sowing and sowing of crops are becoming more common. The article examines the effectiveness of the SmartFirmer system from Precision Planting, which helps to determine soil moisture, temperature, furrow purity and homogeneity. Thus, when researching the sowing of corn in the fields, the main factors should be the quality of sowing – meeting the needs of the selected hybrid or variety of agriculture in accordance with the conditions of cultivation. In the conditions of intensive changes of soil and climatic conditions the actual science and applied tasks are creation of optimum conditions for growth and development of agricultural cultures. The issue of monitoring the environment where seeds will be sown is an important aspect of agricultural requirements for sowing crops. Today we should focus on determining and controlling the moisture of the seed layer, its temperature, the presence of plant residues and determining the type of soil where sowing is carried out. The fixed soil temperature in the seed layer is a criterion for sowing. After all, at temperatures below 10°C sowing is not recommended. This is due to the underdevelopment of the seed and the subsequent rot of the seed. Soil moisture is an indicator that regulates the depth of sowing. This is in order to obtain uniform crop seedlings regardless of the terrain, changes in configurations (joining a large array of small farm fields with other predecessors and other types of cultivation). To do this, it is necessary to take into account the available amount of crop residues after predecessors and soil type.