Single-pass baling productivity and grain logistics analysis
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Since 1905, the Department of Agricultural Engineering, now the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE), has been a leader in providing engineering solutions to agricultural problems in the United States and the world. The department’s original mission was to mechanize agriculture. That mission has evolved to encompass a global view of the entire food production system–the wise management of natural resources in the production, processing, storage, handling, and use of food fiber and other biological products.
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In 1905 Agricultural Engineering was recognized as a subdivision of the Department of Agronomy, and in 1907 it was recognized as a unique department. It was renamed the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering in 1990. The department merged with the Department of Industrial Education and Technology in 2004.
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1905–present
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering (1907–1990)
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (parent college)
- College of Engineering (parent college)
- Department of Industrial Education and Technology, (merged, 2004)
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Corn stover harvest in Iowa was studied using a single-pass combine and baler configuration over the last three years. The combine experienced a productivity loss from pulling a baler through the field of 6-10% depending on field conditions and speed. The additional biomass harvested by the combine lowered productivity depending upon the harvest rate and yield of the biomass. At the 1.4 ton rate in 2011 fall harvest the average maximum productivity loss was 25-30%. The loss was experienced in experiments without factoring in grain logistics. A model was developed to look at the field logistics of the grain cart to and from a single-pass combine when unloading on the go. The model showed that only a 16% loss in actual productivity when compared to a conventional combine which unloaded on the go as well.
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This is an ASABE Meeting Presentation, Paper No. 121337653.