General Concepts
Drilling
A drill seeder is illustrated in Figure 9.2. Typically, for each row, the seeds are metered from a…
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General Concepts
Broadcast seeding
A centrifugal broadcast seeder is shown in Figure 9.1. The seed is metered from a hopper through a…
August 28, 2021 · Boomi NathanGeneral Concepts
Crop Planting
The growth of a new crop begins with the planting of seed or transplanting of seedlings. After planting,…
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Mechanical properties of soils
Shear strength If a soil specimen is subjected to shear stress the shear stress-strain diagram may look like…
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Mechanics of Tillage Tools
Soil texture One aspect of the physical properties of soil, its texture, is described by the percent of…
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Cultivators
There are basically three types of cultivators: field cultivators, row crop cultivators, and rotary cultivators. Field cultivators are…
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Spike-tooth, tine-tooth, and spring-tooth harrows
These tillage tools are used in the final seedbed preparation. They are also used for post-planting operations to…
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Disk harrows
Disk harrows differ from disk plows in that there is no tilt angle and several blades are mounted…
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Secondary tillage in conventional tillage systems
Any tillage operations performed after the primary tillage are called secondary tillage. Generally, several secondary tillage operations are…
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Stubble-mulch plows and Tillers
Stubble-mulch plows are made of wide V-shape sweeps that operate at shallow depth of 10 cm or less.…
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