Farm Power and Machinery Management - Softcover

Donnell Hunt

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9781577665731: Farm Power and Machinery Management

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1577665732 ISBN 13: 9781577665731

Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc, 2007

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Mechanization is an integral part of all North American farms. While farm machinery has improved the efficiency of farming dramatically over the years, the costs of owning and operating machinery can be excessive. Proper management and optimization of mechanized equipment are essential for reducing costs and maximizing profits. Farm Power and Machinery Management analyzes the factors that comprise machinery management, explains the functions of the various machines and mechanisms as they affect economic operation, and offers contemporary approaches and procedures for making management decisions. The authoritative coverage of management principles and the machinery-operating details make this text an outstanding choice for courses in agricultural education, agricultural mechanization, agricultural business, and agricultural engineering. An understanding of agricultural practices, college algebra, and trigonometry are adequate preparation for using this text. Abundant figures, photographs, and charts, along with laboratory exercises that amplify and fix the concepts of farm machinery management in the reader's mind, enhance the text's effectiveness for students, as well as for farmers, farm operators, and farm managers.

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The 10th edition of Farm Power and Machinery Management continues to provide an excellent text and reference on selection, operation, maintenance, and replacement of tractors and farm machinery used in agricultural field production. It incorporates new techniques for assessing needs and developing sound management practices for modern, mechanized agricultural field operations.

This edition of the classic textbook features:

International tractor testing procedures
New section on instrumentation reviews featuring various operations from engine sensing to GPS field location
The latest conservation tillage practices and equipment
New tire ratings
Current developments in combines and balers
The effects of microprocessor control of engines on performance, efficiency, and convenience of operation
Many new photos and illustrations as well as problem/solution examples

In addition to being a practical guide for farmers, farm operators, and farm managers, the management principles and the machinery-operating details will be useful to students in agricultural education, agricultural mechanization, agricultural business, and agricultural engineering.

Review:

"Best textbook for the price and the amount of information contained therein. Print quality is excellent." --Myron Albers, Southern Illinois University

"Excellent book. Many great formulas and charts useful in teaching machinery management." --Richard Schaufler, University of Minnesota, Grand Meadow

"The authors have described operation and economics of machinery management very well. An excellent book." --Ganesh Bora, North Dakota State University

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