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No-till Drill Utilizing Adjustable Seed Furrow Openers
Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 1995 A no-till drill using a pneumatic downpressure system and single-disc seed furrow openers mounted on vertical shanks has been designed and tested. Down pressure to the openers is held nearly constant over the 20.3-cm (8-in.) vertical opener travel. The drill was field tested and performed satisfactorily in no-till seeding of soybeans. Three presswheels
null J. T. Fink, null H. D. Currence
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Improvement of the Seed Metering Device of Power Tiller Operated Zero Till Drill
Progressive Agriculture, 2014 This study was carried out in wheat research center, BARI under financial assistance of CIMMYT for the improvement of seed metering device of a power tiller operated zero till drill planter. Fluted roller type seed metering device was replaced by the inclined plate type seed metering device.
MA Islam +4 more
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Journal of Agricultural Machinery and Bioresources Engineering, 2016 A power tiller operated Zero-till drill had been developed in Wheat Research Centre (WRC), Dinajpur, Bangladesh with the assistance of CIMMYT. Performance of the Zero-till drill was evaluated at farmers’ field in Dinajpur area for the establishment of wheat after rice harvesting.
M. S. Ansari +4 more
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Technical Sciences, 2008 In Tarai region of state of Uttaranchal, mainly contractual laborers are engaged for accomplishing rice transplanting, which is very tedious and labor intensive operation. Also they do not maintain required plant population resulting in poor yield. Shortage of agricultural laborers during the peak transplanting season is often faced by the farmers due ...
T. P. Singh
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Design and experimental validation of sliding knife notch-type disc opener for a no-till combine harvester cum seed drill [PDF]
International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 2018 Kuan Qin +3 more
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Comparison of effects of machine performance parameters and energy indices of soybean production in conservation and conventional tillage systems [PDF]
Journal of Agricultural Machinery, 2016 Introduction Nowadays, agricultural systems are seeking economic, ecological and bioenvironmental goals for production of agricultural crops with protection and sustainability of the environment.
A Sharifi Malvajerdi +2 more
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Equipment Development for Small and Urban Conservation Farming Systems
Agriculture, 2020 The number of local small farms in the USA is on the rise due to a consumer demand for locally grown produce such as tomatoes. These farms often use small walk-behind tractors, but most field activities are still performed by hand requiring heavy ...
Ted S. Kornecki, Manuel R. Reyes
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Integrated Management Practices for Establishing Upland Switchgrass Varieties
Agronomy, 2021 Establishment of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is challenging, and failure in establishment may expose growers to considerable economic risk. The objectives of this research were to (i) evaluate whether management practices are variety-specific for ...
Pawan Kumar +7 more
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Economic effectiveness of direct drill in maize production [PDF]
Ratarstvo i Povrtarstvo, 2017 Within the concept of sustainable agriculture, raising environmental awareness of farmers and the preservation of natural resources, the implementation of the so-called conservation tillage began during the 1960s in the USA.
Žuža Desanka, Marković Todor
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
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