Results 61 to 70 of about 326,163 (342)

Increasing the strength of grey cast iron by introducing of dispersed additives into the melt

open access: yesЛитьë и металлургия, 2018
The basic mechanisms of increasing the strength of alloys, including methods through the introduction of the melt coherent and incoherent crystallizing structural components of the alloy dispersed particles were considered.
F. I. Rudnitsky   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainability Evaluation of Hybrid Agriculture-Tractor Powertrains

open access: yesSustainability
Agricultural tractors are highly fuel-consuming and soil/air polluting machines; thus, the introduction of new sustainable technologies, such as hybridization, can be very impactful for the development of electric hybrid agricultural tractors.
Simone Pascuzzi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

MP 2010-04 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The Allis Chalmers ‘G’ tractors have long been favorites with market gardeners because the model combines excellent toolbar visibility, overall maneuverability, and good fuel economy in a relatively simple mechanical design. Unfortunately, the tractor’
Ericksen, Jim, Smeenk, Jeff
core  

Uber for tractors? Opportunities and challenges of digital tools for tractor hire in India and Nigeria

open access: yesWorld Development, 2020
Agricultural mechanization can contribute to agricultural transformation. However, there is a need to find institutional solutions allowing smallholder farmers, who play a key role in agricultural development, to access tractors even though they cannot ...
Thomas Daum   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Biden Administration pursued a set of ambitious competition policy initiatives in agriculture and agribusiness, primarily aimed at livestock and poultry supply chains, farm inputs, and food retailing. The initiatives included expanded antitrust enforcement; new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract regulations requiring poultry ...
James M. MacDonald
wiley   +1 more source

Test 2145: John Deere 6135E [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications ...
Nebraska Tractor Test Lab,
core   +1 more source

Analysis of a Parallel Hybrid Electric Tractor for Agricultural Applications

open access: yesEnergies, 2020
The field of Non-Road Mobile Machineries (NRMM) is now more than ever considering the adoption of electric systems to reduce the amount of pollutant emissions per unit of work.
Francesco Mocera, A. Somà
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tractor Test 2172: John Deere 8400R e23 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications ...
Nebraska Tractor Test Lab,
core   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy