One-pass tillage equipment outstrips conventional tillage method

Lancas, K; Santos-Filho, A; Raghuwanshi, N; Upadhyaya, S

One-pass tillage equipment outstrips conventional tillage method

Authors

Kleber P. Lancas
Abilio G. Santos-Filho
Narendra S. Raghuwanshi
Shrinivasa K. Upadhyaya

Authors Affiliations

K.P. Lancas is Visiting Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis; A.G. Santos-Filho is Visiting Scholar, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis; N.S. Raghuwanshi is Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India; S.K. Upadhyaya is Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 55(5):44-47. DOI:10.3733/ca.v055n05p44. September 2001.

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Abstract

For this study, we compared a new one-pass tillage implement called the Incorpramaster with a conventional tillage practice of stubble disking and land planing. Our randomized block experiment on the UC Davis campus evaluated the equipment's energy and time savings. We found that the one-pass tillage equipment (OPTE) outperformed conventional land preparation methods in fuel consumption and speed. Fuel savings ranged from 19% to 81% with a mean savings of 50%. Time savings ranged from 67% to 83% with mean of 72%. The mean soil particle size created by the one-pass tillage implement was comparable to that produced by conventional tillage methods.

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