<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> The objective of the paper was to determine the work expenditures and costs of eradication of an energy willow plantation with currently applied mechanical methods and with the use of the test model of a machine for cutting willow rootstocks as a part of the scientific project no. PBS2/A8/26/2014. The scope of the paper covered research for four machine units constructed for a twelve-year willow plantation with the surface area of 3 ha. Work inputs for eradication of the plantation of the investigated aggregates were within 8.1 to 50.4 mhr ∙ ha-1. Work inputs with the new machine were 22.3 mhr ∙ ha-1. The level of work inputs was influenced by low working speeds of the tractor-machine unit and working speeds from 0.4 to 2.3 m. Costs of willow plantation eradication with current mechanical methods were from 4302 to 15536 PLN ∙ ha-1, and with the use of the new machine it was 5457 PLN ∙ ha-1.</abstract>

The objective of the paper was to determine the work expenditures and costs of eradication of an energy willow plantation with currently applied mechanical methods and with the use of the test model of a machine for cutting willow rootstocks as a part of the scientific project no. PBS2/A8/26/2014. The scope of the paper covered research for four machine units constructed for a twelve-year willow plantation with the surface area of 3 ha. Work inputs for eradication of the plantation of the investigated aggregates were within 8.1 to 50.4 mhr ∙ ha-1. Work inputs with the new machine were 22.3 mhr ∙ ha-1. The level of work inputs was influenced by low working speeds of the tractor-machine unit and working speeds from 0.4 to 2.3 m. Costs of willow plantation eradication with current mechanical methods were from 4302 to 15536 PLN ∙ ha-1, and with the use of the new machine it was 5457 PLN ∙ ha-1.

Work Inputs and Costs of Eradication of Energy Willow Plantation

Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Informatics,

Institute of Machines Exploitation Ergonomics and Production Processes,

Institute of Forest Utilization and Forest Technology University of Agriculture in Krakow,

Industrial Institute of Agricultural Engineering in Poznan,

Agricultural Engineering

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The objective of the paper was to determine the work expenditures and costs of eradication of an energy willow plantation with currently applied mechanical...

Work Inputs and Costs of Eradication of Energy Willow Plantation

Published Online: Feb 09, 2017

Page range: 137 - 146

Received: Oct 01, 2016

Accepted: Dec 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2016-0071

Keywords
energy willow work expenditures, costs of eradication of plantation

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Work Inputs and Costs of Eradication of Energy Willow Plantation

Published Online: Feb 09, 2017

Page range: 137 - 146

Received: Oct 01, 2016

Accepted: Dec 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2016-0071

Keywordsenergy willow work expenditures, costs of eradication of plantation

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
energy willow work expenditures, costs of eradication of plantation