In my thesis, I investigated the importance of obstacles on agricultural land for tillage and determined the differences in the time required for tillage, the use of agricultural machinery, and the amount of fuel consumed depending on the type of field. I determined the extent to which the presence of obstacles such as power lines, the close proximity of the forest, and the shape of the field affected the quality of tillage. The experiment was conducted for one year in two different fields. I compared the operations required for potato cultivation. I started with deep plowing in the fall, followed by tillage in the spring, planting the potatoes, repeated spraying, fertilizing, and digging the potatoes. The same machines were used to cultivate both fields. During cultivation, I recorded the measurement data to analyze the results of how obstacles on the ground and the shape of the field affected time and fuel consumption. In the field where the obstacle was located, a power pole with a capacity of up to 400 kV was placed. From the data, it occupies up to 125 square meters of working area. During the investigation, I used two fields of the same size for comparison. I found that power poles not only limit space, but also affect fuel consumption and processing time. I needed up to 36 liters of gas oil more to till the field where the power pole was located. Similarly, such fields where there are obstacles need better farm machinery, such as single-cap sprayers designed for more complex tillage of farmland. The purchase of such agricultural machinery also affects other factors, for example, in the form of higher costs.
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