A comparison between the AE bed form seed planter and the system of bed former device conjunction with double disc opener seed planter

Abstract

Soybean plantation has been used to increase mineral in soil for many crop. United Farmer & Industry Company Limited has chosen soybean as a rotation plant with sugarcane. The original soybean planting system has two stages, then it has been developed a machine that can work 2 steps at once. Therefore, this study aims to compare 2 soybean planting system; AE Bed Form Planter, and bed former working with Double Disc Opener Planter. The field experiments were done to compare performance, germination rate and operation cost between those 2 systems. The result showed that, the first system using AE Bed Form Planter had the higher field capacity and performance, and lower fuel consumption than the second system. On the other hands, the first system had germination rate slightly less than the second system. Considering costs, the first system had total costs lower than the second system, 318,034 bath/year when the soybean plantation area was 3,100 rai/year averagely.