A simulation study of the effects of some factors, such as row spacing, ridge height, wetting agent, compaction and the furrow orientation, on the evaporation and soil temperature from water-repellent soils was carried out with the model of heat and water movement in water-repellent soils. Water repellency is a problem for agricultural soils, but furrow cultivation could increase rainfall runoff and infiltration into the furrow, which would make the water-repellent problems tum into an advantage for germrnahon.