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Apr 28, 2024
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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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AGRI 219 - Crop Machinery and Equipment
PROGRAM: Agriculture
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 2
LAB HOURS MIN: 2
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Spring, 2019
Principles of choosing, operating, and maintaining machines and equipment used in production of field crops. This course incorporates mandatory OSHA Safety Awareness certification program in which successful completion results in students earning their OSHA Safety Awareness certification.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Identify the characteristics of farm machines which influence their performance and selection
- Determine the proper machine for given tasks
- Calculate the optimum machine capacity for given tasks
- Measure performance and determine proper operation of equipment used for crop production.
- Pursue OSHA Safety Awareness for Agriculture certification.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Measuring Machine capacity
- Combine power systems
- Field Efficiency
- Combine operating controls
- Equipment need power calculations
- Combine field operations and adjustments
- Ag equipment engine performance measures
- Fertilizer application equipment
- Transmissions types and function
- Tillage and soil management
- Measuring tractor power
- Primary tillage
- Tires and ballasting
- Secondary tillage
- Tractor Selection
- Pesticide application equipment
- Harvesting systems
- Planting equipment
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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