About this ebook
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
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
Ratings and reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Troop er
- Flag inappropriate
February 17, 2018
Thank you for the discount! Dont need to go to the library to read this Great as always
3 people found this review helpful
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
