One typical farm in Brazil operates its corn production as "No Tillage" system. The system is described below.
Featured farm:
BR1300MT - Mato Grosso, Brazil
No Tillage
- No stubble-breaking and/or soil cultivation
- No ground soil loosening by frost (significant effects only
in northern hemisphere)
- Single soil treatment with direct seed in disc or shank system
- Direct seed often in combination with fertilizing
(underground fertilization)
- Standardized application of total herbicide before seeding
Location and Resources
Natural conditions
Equatorial climate with dry winter season, no vegetative rest
in winter month (jun. - aug.) monthly average temperatures
= 14 °C, uneven rainfall distribution (1353 mm) with peak in
summer month
Primary crops
Soybeans, corn, cotton,
other crops: sugar cane
Structural conditions
Specialized cash crop farming, family farms „Double
Cropping“ with two harvests per year in Soybean - corn
rotations
