Combine yield monitor test facility development and initial monitoring test

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-12

  Burks, Thomas F ^a   Shearer, Scott A ^b   Fulton, John P ^b   Sobolik, Chris J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c DEERE AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combine harvester; Precision farming; Site specific crop management; Test rigs; Yield monitor

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLOW CONTROL; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HARVESTERS; HARVESTING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; SENSORS; STANDARDS;

COMBINE HARVESTER; GRAIN METERING SYSTEM; PRECISION FARMING; SITE-SPECIFIC CROP MANAGEMENT; YIELD MONITOR TEST FACILITY;

CROPS;

MILETINAE;

EID: 0038069282     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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