TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hunt,Donnell
AU  - Wilson,David
TI  - Farm power and machinery management
SN  - 9781478626961
AV  - S675 .H83 2016
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Long Grove, Illinois
PB  - Waveland Press
KW  - Agricultural machinery
KW  - Farm mechanization
N1  - Includes index; 1. Machine performance  2. Power performance  3. Operator performance  4. Cost determination  5. Tillage  6. Seedbed preparation  7. Cultivation  8. Seeding machines  9. Chemical application  10. Grain harvesting  11. Forage harvesting  12. Farm processing  13. Materials handling  14. Special crop machines  15. The farm tractor  16. Machinery selection  17. Power selection  18. Used equipment  Laboratory exercises
N2  - The latest, extensively updated edition of Farm Power and Machinery Management continues the tradition of providing students, farmers, farm operators, and farm managers with comprehensive information on how to properly manage and optimize the use of mechanized equipment to reduce costs and maximize profits. This full-featured text 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 current 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 problems and laboratory exercises, reinforce the applicability of significant concepts, thereby empowering readers to become successful farm machinery managers and operators
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