The article presents an overview of equipment of foreign and domestic production, which is used in Ukraine in soil preparation before sowing of sugar beets and other industrial crops. The analysis of tillage units of well-known manufacturers is carried out mainly in terms of disadvantages and advantages of working bodies for loosening and grinding the soil: arrow paws, disk, combined. Pre-sowing tillage, indicators of agrotechnical requirements to which are increased, it is recommended to carry out multi-operational machines - compactors that cultivate, level, structure the soil for "demanding" crops in one pass, creating an accurate and uniform seedbed for strict adherence to the depth of cultivation unit.
combined unit, sugar beet, pre-sowing, tillage, compactor