Infrastructure Works:
Bringing the land or virgin lots through the construction of drains, swales, pumping stations, internal roads, electrification, so that they are ready for cultivation.
Adequacy:
The process in which the soil is left ready for planting, including the following tasks:
- Topography: Define the area, soil features and viability of the crop to be planted.
- Design: In the topographic survey and its projection.Design: In the topographic survey and its projection.
- Leveling: definition of the slopes of the land.
Preparation:
Conditioning the land for planting sugarcane. Includes the following activities.
- Rakes: They remove the surface layer of the soil, eliminating vegetation and residues that are not suitable for cultivation.
- Polishing rakes: Segment large pieces of soil (clods) into smaller ones and facilitate leveling or furrowing.
- Plow-brush: Breaks the soil at depths of 40 cm. to oxygenate it.
- Subsoil: Like the chisel plow, it breaks the soil, but at a depth greater than 60 cm.
- Polished with Rastra: It crumbles the clods to facilitate the furrowing.
- Furrowed: Makes the bed for sowing the seed, which is covered manually or mechanically.
Sowing:
Management of sugar cane seedbeds and planting, depending on the variety and agro-ecological conditions, includes the following tasks:
- Procurement
- Batch banding
- Seed distribution and seed placement
- Seed capping and germination irrigation
