Nawanshahr - Deputy Commissioner of the district Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa IAS, in order to promote the management of crop residues, crop harvesting experiments of wheat sown with surface seeder by farmer Balveer Singh at village Udhowal, being conducted by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. inspected the It was told by them That after harvesting the paddy crop with the Super SMS combine, the farmer can immediately sow wheat without plowing the field with the surface seeder.
A 40 to 45 horsepower tractor is used to run this machine. 14 to 16 acres of land can be sown in a day with this machine. This machine is specially designed for small and medium farmers. With this machine the paddy stubble should be cut 4-5 inches above the ground and after treating the wheat seed, 45 kg seed/acre and DAP 65 kg/acre are used. Light water should be applied immediately after wheat sowing. It has also been observed that the wheat sown with this technique has less fall and due to being in the stubble field, the health of the soil is also improved and the weeds are also reduced. Farmer S. Balveer Singh told the Deputy Commissioner that he had been sowing wheat seeds successfully for the last three years with the support of the Agriculture Department after cutting paddy straw and cutting. And the results of the wheat harvest were satisfactory.
This year, the farmers have successfully sown 12 fields with the surface seeder scheme received by the department and the results are satisfactory. Chief Agriculture Officer S. Dapinder Singh ji told that if we sow wheat with surface seeder machine, the problem of paddy stubble can be effectively managed. And farmers can reduce farming costs by using less runoff and less water Along with this, the environment can also be protected from pollution by proper straw management and can maintain soil health. He urged the farmers to adopt this method as much as possible for sowing wheat.