Wang, Guang (author), Zoerb, G.C. (author), and Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C06993
Notes:
AGRICOLA IND 90000167; Paper presented at the 1988 Summer Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, December 13-16, 1988, Chicago, IL., St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1988. 20 p. (Microfiche Collection fiche no. 88-3020), A farm tractor driver's information system was developed. The system has functions of optimizing fuel efficiency, tractive efficiency and operation costs. The information provided to the driver included optimum transmission gear and throttle position, which if used, would cut the operation costs and/or increase the field capacity. Field test results are presented. (author)
Ostrowski-Meissner, Henry T. (author / CSIRO, Blacktown, NSW, Australia)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
Finland
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C06966
Notes:
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), In: Proceedings of the VIth World Conference on Animal Production, Helsinki 1988. Helsinki, Finland : Finnish Animal Breeding Association, 1988. p. 273
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C06992
Notes:
AGRICOLA IND 90047157; Paper presented at the 1988 Winter Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, December 13-16, 1988, Chicago, IL., St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1988. 36 p. (Microfiche Collection fiche no. 88-1606), A key to the adoption of spatially variable or site specific farming methods will be the ability to examine and analyze information. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are computerized systems designed to manage mapped data. A survey of microcomputer based GIS was performed. Nineteen GIS systems were summarized. (original)
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 94 Document Number: C07136
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, In: Communication research in progress, Iowa State University. Presented to NCR-90 meeting, October 25-27, 1988. Mimeograph. p. 1-5
