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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"farm equipment"”.
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An analysis of financial statements of Virginia's retail farm equipment businesses
… description and analysis of Virginia's retail farm equipment industry. The data were combined and analyzed according to sale. and profit groups. The primary analysis used was comparative analysis. Selected business ratios, sales per employee, and returns to management were computed for each …
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The public relations program and practice of two hundred fifty Michigan farm equipment retailers
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, 1955
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Quantification of the effects of heavy agricultural vehicle loading on pavement performance.
… of this study was to investigate the effects of farm equipment on the structural responses (stresses and strains) of flexible and rigid pavements. The goal of the project was to not only quantify the pavement damage caused by this heavy farm equipment compared to the damage caused by a 5-axle, 80 …
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Farm safety and health needs among limited resource farmersin selected counties of North Carolina
… for accidents. The attitudes and behaviors of farmers and farm workers towards farm equipment and its safe use are major concerns. Farm safety education and research are strongly needed to prevent or reduce farm injuries. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate health and safety …
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Systems analysis, design, and testing for an agricultural soil compaction sensing device
… For example, the increasing weight of mechanized farm equipment has led to significant man-made soil compaction.
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Mechanical harvesting of leafy greens on small farms
Over the last century and a half, farming practices have been revolutionized by the advent of mechanical harvesters, but there is a disparity between available agricultural technology and the technology used in the farm equipment that is affordable for operators of small farms. The harvesting …
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Determining the content of a farm power and machinery course for vocational agriculture high schools in Virginia
… Virginia to determine the desirable content of a farm power and machinery course for vocational agriculture in the high schools of Virginia. The purposes of the study were: a. To determine the nature and content of farm power and machinery units being taught by teachers of vocational agriculture …
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The social construction of compatibility: setting voluntary safety standards for agricultural tractors
… industrywide product safety standards in the farm equipment industry. These cooperative efforts are based, I contend, on collective investment criteria shared by both companies and individual participants. companies expect long-term benefits stemming not only from their early access to …
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Who’s Running the Farm? How a Sample of Kansas Farmers View Their Usage of Agricultural Operating Systems
… agriculture has meant rapidly digitized farming with implications for on-farm decision-making. Part of the digitization is happening through corporate-managed decision support systems (DSS), which seeks to aid farmers in their on-farm decision-making by providing farms with access to data …
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Picking Up the Pieces
… construction lumber, parts from cars, trucks, farm equipment, and heavy machinery, and even an old abandoned car, have become unserviceable and discarded. Lying useless until discovered by the creative explorer, they are reclaimed and become precious raw materials in an artistic project. This …
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Communication strategy development in supplier-based environmental uncertainty: the mediating effects of transaction form and interpersonal exchange norms
… national sample using survey methodology in the farm equipment industry. Merchant wholesalers from 469 dealerships responded to the survey (response rate 47.8%). The model was tested using covariance structures analysis. The specific test was a stacked, two-group model with transaction-specific …
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Nontraditional agricultural equipment lending trends in the Agricultural Resource Management Survey and Uniform Commercial Code data
The U. S. Department of Agriculture’s official farm debt estimates are a vital source of information on the financial characteristics and conditions of farms nationwide and support the economic stability of the farm economy. Farm sector debt estimates are used by government officials and …
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Technological innovations in catholic institutions contribute to sustainable entrepreneurship in Zambia.
… including the physical presence of machinery or equipment such as advancement from simple manual farm equipment to mechanized agriculture. The study equally examines changes in procedures, ideas and processes, for example use of sustainable organic farming methods instead of chemical fertilizers. …
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Cultivating Treaty Relationships: The Significance of the Cows and Ploughs Clauses for the Numbered Treaties
… provide agricultural benefits such as livestock, farm equipment and seed to treaty signatories. The promise of agricultural benefits is important because it represents a treaty obligation with broad and far-reaching food system implications that remain substantively misinterpreted and …
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A study of agricultural implements
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Injury and human reliability analysis of agricultural implements
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01