the aims of this study were about determining of amount of accuracy in tractor-moldboard plow system for tillage operation on paddies and also survey on efficacy of decision support software application on amount of energy use. for this purpose, decision support software was developed by visual basic 6.0. for survey in amount of efficacy of applying the decision support system on paddies tillag...

introduction main part of energy consumption in agricultural mechanization is tillage operations therefore optimization of energy consumption in tillage operation is very important. a management method for system to optimize in agriculture is simple additive weighting (saw) methodology that this method can operate according to criteria of the systems. this method states that, which system has b...

using the cropping operations program can significantly save fuel consumption and energy efficiency. prediction of the accurate amount of fuel requirements for tillage operation of the soil is difficult. changes in humidity, soil type and tillage depth directly affects on the amount of fuel consumption. bulk density of agricultural soils depends on tillage methods, the value of organic matter, ...

Soil C change and CO2 emission due to different tillage systems need to be evaluated to encourage the adoption of conservation practices to sustain soil productivity and protect the environment. We hypothesize that soil C storage and CO2 emission respond to conservation tillage differently from conventional tillage because of their differential effects on soil properties. This study was conduct...

the aim of this research was to investigate performance of two combined plows compared to conventional plow. the experiments were conducted in a loamy soil texture with moisture content of 16-18% in karaj region of iran. combination of moldboard+chisel plow and disk plow+chisel plow were compared with conventional moldboard plow as three treatments. data was statistically analyzed using rcbd in...

Soil loss from dryland farms on the Columbia Plateau in Oregon and Washington (USA) results primarily from rain falling on frozen, cultivated soil. Soils are most susceptible to erosion when moldboard plowed, summer-fallowed, repeatedly rodweeded or cultivated, and fall planted to winter-wheat. These tillage practices are used because they help control weed and disease infestations and consiste...

In cold climates, snowmelt runoff often exceeds rainfall runoff during the year. Conservation tillage practices may be effective in reducing runoff during the cropping season but not during the snowmelt period. A plot study was conducted on a cropped hillslope to assess how tillage practices affect snowmelt runoff and the associated losses of sediment, phosphorus (P), and chemical oxygen demand...

Tillage is the base operation in agriculture and its energy represents a considerable portion of the energy utilized in crop production. To measure the implement force requirements, are used dynamometers that are pull or three-point hitch types. In this research, an 82 kW research tractor equipped with an instrumentation system was used to determine the draft force inputs for four common tillag...