Farm Power and Machinery Management
Eleventh Edition
Farm Power and Machinery Management continues the tradition of providing students, farmers, farm operators, and farm managers with comprehensive information on how to properly manage and optimize the use of mechanized equipment to reduce costs and maximize profits. This full-featured text analyzes the factors that comprise machinery management, explains the functions of the various machines and mechanisms as they affect economic operation, and offers contemporary approaches and procedures for making management decisions.
The authoritative coverage of current management principles and the machinery-operating details make this text an outstanding choice for courses in agricultural education, agricultural mechanization, agricultural business, and agricultural engineering. An understanding of agricultural practices, college algebra, and trigonometry are adequate preparation for using this text. Abundant figures, photographs, and charts, along with problems and laboratory exercises, reinforce the applicability of significant concepts, thereby empowering readers to become successful farm machinery managers and operators.
New or updated features and coverage in the Eleventh Edition . . .
• photos of tractors, implements, and special crop machines
• IRS policy related to farm machinery
• expanded list of timeliness factors
• instrumentation available to farm machines
• tractor test results
• required diesel engine emission control
• constantly variable transmission (CVT)
• tire data and oil specifications
• custom, rental, and estimated costs for farm machinery operations
• remote sensing of field conditions
• farm safety data
• number of machines on US farms
• US crop areas and values
Download errata The latest, extensively updated edition ofcontinues the tradition of providing students, farmers, farm operators, and farm managers with comprehensive information on how to properly manage and optimize the use of mechanized equipment to reduce costs and maximize profits. This full-featured text analyzes the factors that comprise machinery management, explains the functions of the various machines and mechanisms as they affect economic operation, and offers contemporary approaches and procedures for making management decisions.The authoritative coverage of current management principles and the machinery-operating details make this text an outstanding choice for courses in agricultural education, agricultural mechanization, agricultural business, and agricultural engineering. An understanding of agricultural practices, college algebra, and trigonometry are adequate preparation for using this text. Abundant figures, photographs, and charts, along with problems and laboratory exercises, reinforce the applicability of significant concepts, thereby empowering readers to become successful farm machinery managers and operators.New or updated features and coverage in the Eleventh Edition . . .• photos of tractors, implements, and special crop machines• IRS policy related to farm machinery• expanded list of timeliness factors• instrumentation available to farm machines• tractor test results• required diesel engine emission control• constantly variable transmission (CVT)• tire data and oil specifications• custom, rental, and estimated costs for farm machinery operations• remote sensing of field conditions• farm safety data• number of machines on US farms• US crop areas and valuesDownload errata here
Reactions “This text is a classic in the field of agricultural machinery management. I wouldn’t want to be without it for use in my classes.” — Daniel Ess, Moberly Area Community College
“This text does a great job of describing equipment systems, their maintenance, and application/operation. It also addresses the real-world concerns of ‘how large a tractor do I need to buy?’ The text provides the framework needed to evaluate multiple options and make a prudent, economically minded decision.” — Jason Stout, Columbia Basin College
“This is the most comprehensive text available for a basic ag power and machinery management course.” — Donald Johnson, University of Arkansas
“Best textbook for the price and the amount of information contained therein. Print quality is excellent.” — Myron Albers, Southern Illinois University
“Excellent book. Many great formulas and charts useful in teaching machinery management.” — Richard Schaufler, University of Minnesota, Grand Meadow
“The authors have described operation and economics of machinery management very well. An excellent book.” — Ganesh Bora, North Dakota State University
“Complete and versatile.” — Richard Steffen, Illinois State University
