Evaluation of five sensors to estimate grass throughput in a forage harvester

2000 ASAE Annual Intenational Meeting, Technical Papers: Engineering Solutions for a New Century

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 2997-3011

  Savoie, Philippe ^a   Lemire, Patrick ^b   Thériault, Roger ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forage; Harvest; Precision agriculture; Sensors; Timothy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CORRELATION METHODS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; HARVESTERS; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; SENSORS; SOILS;

FORAGE; HARVEST; PRECISION AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 2342514744     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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