“This text is a classic in the field of agricultural machinery management. I wouldn’t want to be without it for use in my classes.” — Daniel Ess, Moberly Area Community College
“This text does a great job of describing equipment systems, their maintenance, and application/operation. It also addresses the real-world concerns of ‘how large a tractor do I need to buy?’ The text provides the framework needed to evaluate multiple options and make a prudent, economically minded decision.” — Jason Stout, Columbia Basin College
“This is the most comprehensive text available for a basic ag power and machinery management course.” — Donald Johnson, University of Arkansas
“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
“Complete and versatile.” — Richard Steffen, Illinois State University
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Farm Power and Machinery Management
Eleventh Edition
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.
New or updated features and coverage in the Eleventh Edition . . .
• photos of tractors, implements, and special crop machines
• IRS policy related to farm machinery
• expanded list of timeliness factors
• instrumentation available to farm machines
• tractor test results
• required diesel engine emission control
• constantly variable transmission (CVT)
• tire data and oil specifications
• custom, rental, and estimated costs for farm machinery operations
• remote sensing of field conditions
• farm safety data
• number of machines on US farms
• US crop areas and values
Download errata here.
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.
New or updated features and coverage in the Eleventh Edition . . .
• photos of tractors, implements, and special crop machines
• IRS policy related to farm machinery
• expanded list of timeliness factors
• instrumentation available to farm machines
• tractor test results
• required diesel engine emission control
• constantly variable transmission (CVT)
• tire data and oil specifications
• custom, rental, and estimated costs for farm machinery operations
• remote sensing of field conditions
• farm safety data
• number of machines on US farms
• US crop areas and values
Download errata here.
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Part I: ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
1. Machine Performance
Capacities / Time Efficiency / Breakdowns / Quality Performance / Performance Testing
2. Power Performance
Tractor Power / Rolling Resistance / Power Measurement / Tractor Tests / Fuel Consumption / Engine Oil Consumption / Power Requirements / Part-Load Operation
3. Operator Performance
Operator Skill / Operator Aids for Control / Instrumentation / Amount of Labor / Value of Labor / Safety / Compliance
Part II: COSTS
4. Cost Determination
Depreciation / Machine Life / Depreciation Methods / Inflation / IRS / Rapid Depreciation / Renting and Leasing / Interest on Investment / Property and Sales Tax / Insurance / Shelter / Variable Costs / Repair / Approximate Annual Costs / Cost Records / Replacement
Part III: OPERATIONS
5. Tillage
Tillage Machines / Moldboard Plow Types / Hitching Moldboard Plows / Moldboard Plow Adjustments / Draft of Moldboard Plows / Disk Plow Adjustments / Subsurface Tooling Adjustments / Subsurface Tillage Draft / Optimum Widths
6. Seedbed Preparation
Adjustments / Disk Harrow Draft / Elevated Seedbeds
7. Cultivation
Adjustments
8. Seeding Machines
Small-Grain Seeding Machines / Volume Metering Mechanisms / Furrow Openers-Small Grain / Covering Devices / Row Planters / Single-Seed-Metering Mechanisms / Furrow Openers / Covering Devices and Press Wheels / Seeder Adjustments / Seeder Performance Tests / Calibration of Small-Grain Seeders / Instrumentation / Row Planter Calibration
9. Chemical Application
Fertilizer Application / Dry Fertilizer / Liquid Fertilizer / Gaseous Fertilizer / Operations / Adjustments / Calibration of Fertilizer Distributors / Field Sprayers / Instrumentation / Calibration of Sprayers / Sanitation and Maintenance / Dry Chemical Application Equipment / Adjustments / Calibration / Pesticide Regulations / Remote Sensing
10. Grain Harvesting
Small-Grain Harvesting / Mechanisms / Losses / Operations / Sample Calculation / Corn Harvesting / Adjustments to Reduce Loss / Power Requirements / Instrumentation / Operations
11. Forage Harvesting
Mowers / Mechanisms / Rotary Mowers / Rakes / Hay Conditioners / Balers / Forage Harvesters / Flail-Type Harvesters / Hay Wafering / Stacking / Forage Handling Equipment
12. Farm Processing
Reducing Machinery / Drying Machinery
13. Materials Handling
Flight Conveyors / Augers / Belt Conveyors / Blowers / Wagons / Farm Trucks / Loaders and Forklifts
14. Special Crop Machines
Part IV: POWER
15. The Farm Tractor
Engine Principles and Mechanisms / Fuels and Combustion / Ignition and Electrical Circuits / Engine Lubrication / Other Engine Systems / Power Transmission / Operations / Maintenance
Part V: EQUIPMENT SELECTION
16. Machinery Selection
Timelines / Duration of Operation / Optimum Width
17. Power Selection
Example / Selection by Computer
18. Used Equipment
Part VI: LABORATORY EXERCISES
1. Problem Solving
2. Tractor Study
3. Machine System Performance
4. Tractor Power Performance
5. Tillage
6. Volume Seeders
7. Single-Seed Planters
8. Dry Chemical Distributors
9. Liquid Chemical Distributors
10. Small-Grain Harvesting
11. Corn Harvesting
12. Harvesting Rate
13. Forage Mowing
14. Rakes
15. Balers
16. Forage Harvesters
17. Optimum Governor Settings
18. Operation Energy Requirements
19. Machinery Selection
1. Machine Performance
Capacities / Time Efficiency / Breakdowns / Quality Performance / Performance Testing
2. Power Performance
Tractor Power / Rolling Resistance / Power Measurement / Tractor Tests / Fuel Consumption / Engine Oil Consumption / Power Requirements / Part-Load Operation
3. Operator Performance
Operator Skill / Operator Aids for Control / Instrumentation / Amount of Labor / Value of Labor / Safety / Compliance
Part II: COSTS
4. Cost Determination
Depreciation / Machine Life / Depreciation Methods / Inflation / IRS / Rapid Depreciation / Renting and Leasing / Interest on Investment / Property and Sales Tax / Insurance / Shelter / Variable Costs / Repair / Approximate Annual Costs / Cost Records / Replacement
Part III: OPERATIONS
5. Tillage
Tillage Machines / Moldboard Plow Types / Hitching Moldboard Plows / Moldboard Plow Adjustments / Draft of Moldboard Plows / Disk Plow Adjustments / Subsurface Tooling Adjustments / Subsurface Tillage Draft / Optimum Widths
6. Seedbed Preparation
Adjustments / Disk Harrow Draft / Elevated Seedbeds
7. Cultivation
Adjustments
8. Seeding Machines
Small-Grain Seeding Machines / Volume Metering Mechanisms / Furrow Openers-Small Grain / Covering Devices / Row Planters / Single-Seed-Metering Mechanisms / Furrow Openers / Covering Devices and Press Wheels / Seeder Adjustments / Seeder Performance Tests / Calibration of Small-Grain Seeders / Instrumentation / Row Planter Calibration
9. Chemical Application
Fertilizer Application / Dry Fertilizer / Liquid Fertilizer / Gaseous Fertilizer / Operations / Adjustments / Calibration of Fertilizer Distributors / Field Sprayers / Instrumentation / Calibration of Sprayers / Sanitation and Maintenance / Dry Chemical Application Equipment / Adjustments / Calibration / Pesticide Regulations / Remote Sensing
10. Grain Harvesting
Small-Grain Harvesting / Mechanisms / Losses / Operations / Sample Calculation / Corn Harvesting / Adjustments to Reduce Loss / Power Requirements / Instrumentation / Operations
11. Forage Harvesting
Mowers / Mechanisms / Rotary Mowers / Rakes / Hay Conditioners / Balers / Forage Harvesters / Flail-Type Harvesters / Hay Wafering / Stacking / Forage Handling Equipment
12. Farm Processing
Reducing Machinery / Drying Machinery
13. Materials Handling
Flight Conveyors / Augers / Belt Conveyors / Blowers / Wagons / Farm Trucks / Loaders and Forklifts
14. Special Crop Machines
Part IV: POWER
15. The Farm Tractor
Engine Principles and Mechanisms / Fuels and Combustion / Ignition and Electrical Circuits / Engine Lubrication / Other Engine Systems / Power Transmission / Operations / Maintenance
Part V: EQUIPMENT SELECTION
16. Machinery Selection
Timelines / Duration of Operation / Optimum Width
17. Power Selection
Example / Selection by Computer
18. Used Equipment
Part VI: LABORATORY EXERCISES
1. Problem Solving
2. Tractor Study
3. Machine System Performance
4. Tractor Power Performance
5. Tillage
6. Volume Seeders
7. Single-Seed Planters
8. Dry Chemical Distributors
9. Liquid Chemical Distributors
10. Small-Grain Harvesting
11. Corn Harvesting
12. Harvesting Rate
13. Forage Mowing
14. Rakes
15. Balers
16. Forage Harvesters
17. Optimum Governor Settings
18. Operation Energy Requirements
19. Machinery Selection