The energy balance permits to identify all the possible energy input and output in the systems of the agricultural production. The determination of better strategies to opt for the agricultural system depends on analysis ...

The transport of the fig harvested, of the orchard until the processing, is made traditionally with basket of bamboos that are handling discomfort and harm the final quality of fruit. Looking for to reduce losses and to ...

An intrinsic soil phenomenon is the compacting, gotten with the load application on its surface. Their effects are harmful to the soil structure but from the point of capacity of soil support, the actual damages are ...

This work had as goal evaluate the losses in the harvest mechanized of the culture of the bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), in agricultural properties in the Campos Novos Region – SC. It decided accomplish this work knowing ...

The Brazilian soybean production has grown in the last years in productivity and in planted area and these increases had started to demand greater quality and rapidity in the harvesting, that when carried through improperly, ...

In Brazil, the sugar cane croup represents about 8 % of PIB, with a production of about 318 million of tons in 2005. The most of the part of sugar cane in the country is harvested by mechanical way. However, the wastes ...

Machines frequently used for spreading of fertilizer and limestone, has as a primary caracteristic, high dependence related to the quality and physical condition of the product to be distributed, so the target of this ...

The present work aimed to evaluate the effects of inflation pressure variation in a Goodyear 23.1-30 Dyna Torque II agricultural tire, on tire contact area with the soil and on deformed soil volume, under static conditions. ...

The operational performance of wheeled tires of agricultural tractors depends of the geometry, applied loads, inflation pressure, among other factors like the type of soil and its physical conditions. The correct interaction ...

The mechanical resistance of the soil to penetration is an important index for characterization and management of the soil, and is related to the water content and soil density. The objective of this work was to evaluate ...