Influence of chopping length on capacities, labour time requirement and costs in the harvest and ensiling chain of maize

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 310-320

  Herrmann, C ^a   Prochnow, A ^a,b   Heiermann, M ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; MACHINERY; METHANE;

HARVESTING COSTS; MACHINERY PERFORMANCE; METHANE PRODUCTION; MODEL CALCULATIONS; PROCESS COSTS; TIME REQUIREMENTS; TRANSPORT DISTANCES; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

HARVESTING;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80054048800     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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