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Winter rye achieved a yield of 5.6 t/ha on sod-podzolic soils with low humus content. This result was attained by the farm “Butenko,” cultivating the crop using the No-Till technology.
This is reported by Kurkul.com.
This year, 90 hectares were allocated for winter rye cultivation on the farm. Previously, soybeans were grown here using the No-Till technology.
The soil’s humus content is 1.5%.
“The soils are sod-podzolic, with a sandy loam mechanical composition, approaching loam in places, with low humus content, up to 1.5%, soil solution reaction (pH) is 5.5–6.5, and they have a low reserve of easily hydrolyzable nitrogen,” the report states.
The rye variety “Kobza” was sown with the “Kolisnytsia” seeder on October 7–8, 2025, with a seeding rate of 2.7 million seeds/ha (127 kg/ha).
The fertilization system was implemented in two stages:
- On thawed soil, ammonium sulfate was applied at a rate of 100 kg/ha,
- During the rye’s stem elongation phase, UAN-32 was applied at a rate of 135 l/ha combined with ammonium thiosulfate at a rate of 15 l/ha.
Crop protection involved two applications of fungicide and insecticide, as well as one application of herbicide.
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Melaniya Nesmatchna, SuperAgronom.com
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Autumn sowing campaign 2027
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