Integrated weighing platform for manure spreader regulation

摘要

Livestock producers want to control manure application with more accuracy, for crop management and environment protection. The lack of appropriate equipment for solid manure has lead to the development of an integrated weighing platform, designed forbox spreaders with bottom conveyor. After calibration, this sensing device allows measurements of the manure flow during spreading with an acceptable accuracy. In the near future, it could be incorporated into a regulation system with control on the conveyor velocity, to apply a constant rate or variable rates within a field, based on application maps.