Die Bodenkultur - Journal for Land Management, Food and Environment

T. Szalay, G. Moitzi, P. Liebhard and H. Weingartmann:

Influence of different tillage systems on fuel consumption and requirement of working time in winter wheat cropping in a semiarid area of production

Summary

In a long term trial (since 1996) with five different tillage systems (conventional, reduced, minimum, combined-integrated, no till), process parameters (fuel consumption, field performance, slip) in each tillage process were measured. A 92 kW-AWD tractor with real time data acquisition system was used. The mean fuel consumption at conventional tillage was 39.9 l/ha and was reduced by 42 % in reduced tillage, by 55 % in minimum tillage, by 32 % in combinedintegrated tillage and by 85 % in no till. The mean requirement of working time of 2.2 h/ha at conventional tillage was reduced by 39 % (reduced tillage), by 48 % (minimum tillage), by 33 % (combined-integrated tillage) and by 81 % in no till. Key words: Fuel consumption, requirement of working time, tillage, winter wheat, time for turning.