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Plough section control for optimised uniformity in primary tillage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2017

S.K. Nielsen ,
L.J. Munkholm ,
M.H. Aarestrup ,
M.H. Kristensen  and
O. Green
S.K. Nielsen*
Affiliation:
Agro Intelligence Aps, Agro Food Park 13, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark Aarhus University, Department of Agroecology, AU Foulum, Blichers Allé 20, 8830 Tjele, Denmark
L.J. Munkholm
Affiliation:
Aarhus University, Department of Agroecology, AU Foulum, Blichers Allé 20, 8830 Tjele, Denmark
M.H. Aarestrup
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark, Anker Engelunds Vej 1, Bygning 101A, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
M.H. Kristensen
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark, Anker Engelunds Vej 1, Bygning 101A, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
O. Green
Affiliation:
Agro Intelligence Aps, Agro Food Park 13, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
*
†E-mail: skn@AgroIntelli.com
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Abstract

Primary tillage is in many cases crucial for successful crop establishment and weed and pest control. Inversion tillage using a mouldboard plough may be required when a uniform ploughing operation covering the entire field is preferred. The ploughing operation is especially challenging at the interface area between headlands and the main cropping area. Overlapping at the interface causes a mixing of the topsoil, rather than a soil inversion, and poor burial of residues and weeds, especially of concern in organic farming. The aim of the research was to study novel plough section control designs to optimise the interface area. Concept designs with hydraulic control were studied and the preferred was developed and tested in real field operations. The research concluded that the concept was functional and by visual inspection the interface was optimised. In addition, the section control can improve operations in irregularly shaped fields.

Keywords

Plough section controlnovel concept designproof-of-concept
Type
Tillage and Seeding
Information
Advances in Animal Biosciences , Volume 8 , Special Issue 2: Papers presented at the 11th European Conference on Precision Agriculture (ECPA 2017), John McIntyre Centre, Edinburgh, UK, July 16–20 2017 , July 2017 , pp. 444 - 449
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© The Animal Consortium 2017 

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