subject: A Brief on the Best Aerators in Market [print this page] A Brief on the Best Aerators in Market A Brief on the Best Aerators in Market
Modern farm equipment is an assortment of implements that have been mechanized over time. On the one hand, you have the powered tractor and its attachments as well as the equipment for fertilizing and pest control. You would need implements for planting seeds as well as for soil cultivation, irrigation and harvesting. The soil cultivators can be the various types of harrow, the plow and the rotary tiller. However, one of the commonest forms of farm implements is the aerator. The aerator is the principle farm implement that is involved in dealing with the physical, biological and chemical aspects of soil management in a highly commercial agricultural farm. The aerator processes the soil's texture and structure, helps in removing compaction and in making the soil more porous. On the biological front, the pasture aerator attacks the bacteria and the fungi by introducing air into the soil. Earthworms flourish and algae is brought in to control.
On the chemical front as well, the aerator mixes the fertilizer, the lime and other chemicals such as pesticides thereby bringing the pH value of the soil under control. The ultimate function of the aerator is to bring the proportion of air and water in the soil in to a more rational value that would finally help increase farm yield. Pasture aerators are used on pastureland with the sole intention of increasing the production of forage. These take the help of spikes and prongs mounted on rollers to make slits in the soil. However, such machines are also used for the purpose of weed control as well as the proper distribution of fertilizers and lime or seeds. The intention is to manage the pasture so that compaction cannot occur and instead there are dense roots that actually prevent compaction from taking place. However, it's quite natural for compaction to occur whenever there are long conditions of drought. By removing soil aggregation and introducing adequate moisture in to the soil it would be possible to get back the soil's fertile status. Finally, pasture aeration releases sufficient quantities of nutrients and organic matter thereby improving the fertility of the pastureland.
