LEARN MODERN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING


Agricultural engineering is the engineering discipline that studies agricultural production and processing. Agricultural engineering combines the disciplines of mechanical, civil, electrical and chemical engineering principles with a knowledge of agricultural principles according to technological principles. A key goal of this discipline is to improve the efficacy and sustainability of agricultural practices. One of the leading organizations in this industry is the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering.

Specialties

Agricultural engineers may engage in any of the following areas:


  1. Design of agricultural machinery, equipment, and agricultural structures
  2. Internal combustion engines as applied to agricultural machinery
  3. Agricultural resource management (including land use and water use)
  4. Water management, conservation, and storage for crop irrigation and livestock production
  5. Surveying and land profiling
  6. Climatology and atmospheric science
  7. Soil management and conservation, including erosion and erosion control
  8. Seeding, tillage, harvesting, and processing of crops
  9. Livestock production, including poultry, fish, and dairy animals
  10. Waste management, including animal waste, agricultural residues, and fertilizer runoff
  11. Food engineering and the processing of agricultural products
  12. Basic principles of circuit analysis, as applied to electrical motors
  13. Physical and chemical properties of materials used in, or produced by, agricultural production
  14. Bioresource engineering, which uses machines on the molecular level to help the environment.
  15. Design of experiments related to crop and animal production

History

The first curriculum in agricultural engineering was established at Iowa State University by Professor J. B. Davidson in 1903. The American Society of Agricultural Engineers, now known as the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, was founded in 1907. A full history of events directly and indirectly influenced by agricultural engineering, see here.

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