The Design of a Seeder for Sowing Cereal Crops with Local Application of a Moisture-Absorbing Ameliorant

Improving the quantity and quality of agricultural products is one of the primary tasks in agriculture. Significant areas occupied with grain crops in the southern regions of the country (the Volgograd, Rostov, and Stavropol regions) belong to areas with risky agriculture. However, the introduction of the latest technologies and techniques allows us to obtain relatively high and stable crops. The paper describes a method of introducing a moisture-absorbing ameliorant when sowing grain crops; the design of a unit for its implementation is proposed. Since this method is used for the first time, there is no unit for its implementation. Therefore, it was necessary to create a seeder to sow seeds of grain crops with a simultaneous local application of a moistened hydrogel granules. Possible options and the process of selecting the optimal method for granule application are also described. The authors describe some design features of the proposed seeder and the results of laboratory tests. Quantitative parameters of the proposed design are given.