Avaliação de perdas na colheita de feijão em propriedades agrícolas da região de Campos Novos-SC.

Abstract

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 that the losses in the harvest of the bean in lots of cases introduce high indices, generating thus prejudices, as well as wastes for the producers. The losses evaluation was accomplished in the field, collecting itself the grains at the moment of the harvest in normal terms of operation of the harvester, accomplishing itself the separation of the grains lost, obtaining itself the weight of the same and converting itself the value found in loss for unit of area, or in percentage from the grains total lost and percentage of the average productivity. To characterize the experiment were collected data of stature of the plants and height of insert of the first husk and humidity of the grains at the moment of the harvest. The found losses were above of the value recommended for rice, corn and soy bean, by the rehearsals held in CENEMA-MA from 1,8 to 5,16% to auto-propelled harvesters.