Year: 2022 | Month: June | Volume 67 | Issue 3
Field Evaluation and Economic Feasibility of Tractor Mounted FYM Spreader
M. Vinayak
C. Ramana
B. Hari Babu
K. Madhusudhana Reddy
DOI:10.46852/0424-2513.3.2022.15
Abstract:
A FYM spreader can do operations like shredding and spreading simultaneously in a single operation. Such a machine developed and its’ performance was evaluated at the field. The theoretical field capacity of the machine was determined to range between 0.36 and 0.54 ha h-1 whereas, the effective field capacity remained between 0.28 and 0.432 ha h-1, respectively. The cost of FYM transportation and application has been calculated according to conventional practise, and a comparison of labour savings has been made in order to assess the economic feasibility of the FYM spreader. In comparison to traditional FYM spreading method, the machine operating costs were estimated to be lesser by 75%. The break-even point (BEP) calculated on a time and area basis for the FYM spreader was calculated to be 263.5 h and 53.50 ha, respectively. The pay-back period of FYM spreader was calculated as 1.2 years on a time basis
Highlights
- Using FYM spreader, farmer can save upto ` 1465 per ha over the manual methods of FYM application
- The payback period for the FYM spreader is estimated to be 1.2 years on a time basis.
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