Farm Machinery Management

Objectives (aimed learning outcome)?

The objective is to offer to the student the knowledge to enable him/her to:

  • Estimate the efficiency of farm machinery during field work
  • Estimatethecostofusingfarmmachinery
  • To select the appropriate machinery and size for the farm

Estimatethetimelinesscost

 

Code (Course ID)

Επ. Ε6

ΙΦ1005

Semester

10th(spring)

Type

Compulsory

Level

Advanced

Hours per week

2(lecture)+1(laboratory)= 3

Hours per semester

3 hours Χ 13 weeks

Other prerequisites

No

Teaching method

Lectures, laboratory, field work

Teaching language

Greek

 

Instructor

Name

Spyros Fountas

Teaching Rank

Assistant Professor

Office

Laboratory of Farm mechanisation

Tel. / e-mail

+302421093228 / sfountas@agr.uth.gr

Other Teaching Staff

Theofanis Gemtos, Professor of farm Mechanisation

 

Contents

 

Lectures

  1. Estimationofthefield rate of work and efficiency of farm machinery
  2. Costofusingfarmmachinery
  3. Fixedcosts
  4. Variablecosts:
  5. Testingoftractorsandmachinery. Pumps and pumping stations
  6. Selection of farm tractors and machinery
  7. Timeliness cost and its effect to the size of farm machinery
  8. Decisions on the ownership of machinery

Laboratories

1.      Measurement of field work rate and efficiency

2.      Preparation and evaluation of applications for

They are carried out in the University farm or with visits in the fields

 

Assessment

Lectures

     Final written exams                                                                                                        80%

     Written assay (report)                                                                                                    20%

Laboratory

     Written exams                                                                                                             100%

 

Suggested Bibliography

Hunt D. (2002) Farm machinery Management, Iowa University Press

C. Tsatsarelis. (2006) Farm Machinery Management, Thessaloniki, In Greek.