Coefficients of repair and maintenance costs of self-propelled combine harvesters in Italy

Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 141-147

  Calcante, Aldo ^a   Fontanini, Luca ^b   Mazzetto, Fabrizio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Effelle Solution   (Italy)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural mechanization; Machinery management; Operating costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884966721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16821130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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