Case Study
Too much fertilizer? A globally unique test bench for investigation and analysis
CEMAGREF CEMAGREF: spread of fertilizer T oo much fertilizer? A globally unique test bench for investigation and analysis Cemagref, the French Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Engineering Research is a specialist in spreading fertilizer at one of its nine sites in Montoldre. The equipment to chart the spread of the fertilizer as it is ejected by centrifugal spreaders of mineral fertilizer, is globally unique. Investigating fertilizer spreading: the limits of the current system of evaluation Up until 2006, the amount of fertilizer that was spread was expressed as the transverse distribution to the axis of progression of the machine in a complete pass. As an already integrated outcome was provided, extensive analyses were required to optimize the spread of the fertilizer and thus