Accurate, consistent bed forming to promote better
Accurate, consistent bed forming to promote better farming practices
Group Name: M.A.D cane planting
Aims:
The aim of the project was to show that if beds were formed accurately and consistently this would greatly increase the survival of fallow crops such as Soya bean thus improving the uptake of the SYDJV farming system.
The expected benefits of the project were:
Using the GPS fitted tractor to form beds greatly increases consistency and accuracy and reduces forming to a one pass operation. Costs of previous practises were:
Estimated cost for scribing at $8.64 per hectare.
Estimated cost for 2 bed forming passes $49.60 per hectare
Estimated cost for 2 rotary hoe passes $38.41
Total cost equals $96.65 per hectare
Costs of bed-forming using a contractor with GPS guidance was $75.00 per hectare.
Contact Person: Anthony Durrington