Wheat Planting Machine

The zero-till drill is operated in the field when the soil moisture is about 24-27% and the stubble height of previous harvested crop is not more than 150-200 mm. The field capacity of the machine is 0.3-0.4 hah with about 75% efficiency. Use of zero-till drill for direct sowing of wheat after rice was found to be advantageous in terms of 50-60% saving in time and 40-50% saving in cost of sowing as compared to the conventional practice of seedbed preparation and sowing with seed-cum-fertilizer drill.