In the field trial in 2022, we determined the influence of driving speed (7 km/h, 10 km/h and 13 km/h) in soil preparation with a disc harrow on fuel consumption, efficiency and maize grain yield. The trial design were randomized blocks with three repetitions. The trial field was located at the location of Breška vas near Šentjernej. We used a mounted compacted disc harrow of working width 3m, manufactured by AGRO-MASZ, namely in two passes on the same place. We found out that fuel consumption per hour increases with an increase in driving speed from 7 km/h to 13 km/h. Fuel consumption per hectare was 1.1 l/ha lower at cultivation speeds of 10 km/h and 13 km/h than at tillage speeds of 7 km/h. Time efficiency (h/ha) decreased with increasing driving speed and was by
0.48 h/ha or 37% lower at 13 km/h compared to 7 km/h. Area efficiency (ha/h) increased with increasing driving speed. At a tillage speed of 13 km/h, the area efficiency was
0.45 ha/h or by 58.8% higher than at a tillage speed of 7 km/h. The grain yield was lower at the speed of 13 km/h than at the other two speeds. The results show in favor of higher speeds of 10 km/h and 13 km/h when working with a disc harrow.
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