Straw Yield Monitoring System: A Precision Farming Tool
D. J. Shrinivasa*
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Technology and Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan – 313001, India
A. Khadatkar
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Technology and Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan – 313001, India
S. M. Mathur
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Technology and Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan – 313001, India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Baler, Precision Agriculture, Straw, Yield Monitoring
Abstract
Straw mass assessment to quantify the variations in crop yield within a field is viewed as an important element in understanding the farming process. Yield monitoring is one of the most important operations for efficient management of agricultural fields. This yield is found to spatially vary within the same field, where mapping this variation is considered as one of the fundamental elements of precision agriculture. This understanding can greatly help improve farming practices, productivity and in the reduction of negative environmental impacts. The traditional way of assessing straw mass is laborious and time consuming. Several manufacturers of forage harvesting machines are presently implementing mass flow sensors and bale weighing system in their machines to serve as yield monitoring systems. But these methods will give only yield of the total field. In order to obtain variation of yield data within the field, a GPS mounted yield monitoring system is got much scope in the area of straw yield monitoring.
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