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Development of field crop technologies Latvia
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Journal of Research and Applications in Agricultural Engineering 2009;54(3):133-136
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The article deals with the problems of the provision of farms with the machinery and its use depending on the sizes of the farms, comparing the years 2001 and 2007. The analysis of the farms was made by several parameters - by their number, their technical readiness, and the capacity sufficiency in order to perform field operations in time and high quality. Data are provided about the acquisition of tractors by years, their technical condition, the specific energy supply and the total capacity of the tractor fleet of the farms having different production intensities. The results of the research confirm that the production concentration will continue on larger farms, the application of special technologies will increase, the specific energy supply of the farms will decrease, the capacity of the tractor and combine engines will grow, and the total number of tractors, grain harvesters and other agricultural machinery will decrease.
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