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Abstract:
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These Proceedings consist of 1 keynote address and 9 categories of papers : Agricultural engineering, Bio-systems and environment, Chemical application, Controlled traffic, Energy systems, Materials and structures, Power and machinery, Soil and water, Tillage and machinery.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS : 1) Precision farming : a multidisciplinary approach for cereal production - - AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING : 1) Hi-tec low-tec relation in agricultural engineering.
BIOSYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT : 1) Effect of stocking density manipulation on fugitive PM10 emissions from cattle feedyards - - 2) Selecting site suitable for animal waste application using a vector GIS - - 3) Conserving the Great Artesian Basin - - 4) Development of a nutrient balance model of the whole feedlot system - - 5) Options for the mechanised slaughter and disposal of contagious diseased animals : a discussion paper - - 6) Thermophilic acidogenesis of dairy wastewater at various substrate concentra
CHEMICAL APPLICATION : 1) Collection efficiency of surfaces used for spray drift sampling - - 2) Improved design and use of shower and plunge dipping equipment for the eradication of sheep body lice (bovicola ovis) // CONTROLLED TRAFFIC : 1) Past, present and future of controlled traffic farming in the northern grainbelt - - 2) Tillage, traffic and sustainability - - 3) Yield and protein variation within a planter width.
ENERGY SYSTEMS : Energy efficiency and productivity of agricultural drying in New Zealand // MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES : 1) Bending strength of vineyard trellis posts from treated eucalypts - 2) In-line management for dried vine fruit processing - - 3) An evaluation of hand-held moisture meters - - 4) Physical characteristics of dried sultanas related to processing : coefficient of restitution.
POWER AND MACHINERY : 1) Innovations for agricultural motorcycles for improved load capacity and off -road rollover safety - - 2) The effects of tyre pressure, type and size on traction for tillage operation in Cambodia - - 3) The development of the Ridgway Pneu Flo Combine 1977-2000 - - 4) A simplified method for designing and manufacturing axial flow fans for handling suspended solid materials - - 5) Milk pump performance : the importance of standard measuring locations - - 6) Evaluating the efficiency
SOIL AND WATER : 1) Assessment of variable rate irrigation potential in the Northern Texas high plains - - 2) Comparison between conventional irrigation/wet weather storage and filter technology for land based effluent disposal // TILLAGE AND MACHINERY : 1) Improvements in tine characteristic - - 2) A new seed pressing system for ryegrass suppression and healthy lupin establishment / Amjad, M. and Riethmuller, G. - 3) Narrow point performance under dryland farming conditions - - 4) The effects of narrow s
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