Field dry hay needs to be reduced from near 80% moisture to 20% or less to prevent spoilage during storage. Drying hay to safe baling moistures often takes several days. Sources of loss during forage harvest include mechanical losses such as mowing, conditioning, chopping, raking, packaging and handling as well as respiration and leaching. The general relationship between forage moisture concen...

This paper describes the framework development of a dynamic integrated biomass supply analysis and logistics model (IBSAL) to simulate the collection, storage, and transport operations for supplying agricultural biomass to a biorefinery. The model consists of time dependent events representing the working rate of equipment and queues representing the capacity of storage structures. The discrete...

Lowland heath is a priority habitat for conservation, nowadays largely managed biodiversity. Historically, prescribed burning has been the principal management tool, but there are increasing calls to substitute with cutting improve biodiversity outcomes. However, poor understanding of potential impacts compromises decision making. Our study was carried out in New Forest National Park, largest a...

The frame of the cotton picker is exposed to complex and varying loads during its operation. Therefore, conducting research on vibration characteristics crucial. In this study, tests were conducted main sources in a at several measuring points frame. An accelerometer sensor was utilized collect signals. Fourier analysis applied analyze sources, encompassing excitation frequency source-coupled f...