The economic benefit of improving the proximity of tillage and planting operations in cotton production with automatic steering

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-143

  Bergtold, Jason S ^a   Raper, Randy L ^b   Schwab, Eric B ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto guidance; Cotton yield; Economics; GPS; Soil compaction; Subsoiling

Indexed keywords

AUTO-GUIDANCE; COTTON YIELD; GPS; SOIL COMPACTION; SUBSOILING;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; COMPACTION; COTTON; CROPS; CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FARMS; FORESTRY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 65549138513     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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