Optical peanut yield monitor: Development and testing Academic Article

abstract

• An optical peanut yield monitor was developed, fabricated, and field-tested. The overall system includes an optical mass-flow sensor, a GPS receiver, and a data acquisition system. The concept for the mass-flow sensor is based on that of the cotton yield-monitor sensor developed previously by Thomasson and Sui (2000). A modified version of the sensor was designed to be specific to peanut mass-flow measurement. Field testing of the peanut yield monitor was conducted in Australia during the May 2003 harvest. After subsequent minor modifications, the system was more extensively tested in Mississippi in October of 2003 and November of 2004. Test results showed that the output of the peanut mass-flow sensor was very strongly correlated with the harvested load weight, and the system's performance was stable and reliable during the tests. 2006 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

authors

• Thomasson, John

published proceedings

• APPLIED ENGINEERING IN AGRICULTURE

author list (cited authors)

• Thomasson, J. A., Sui, R., Wright, G. C., & Robson, A. J.

publication date

• January 2006

published in

• Applied Engineering in Agriculture  Journal

keywords

• Peanut
• Precision Agriculture
• Reflectance
• Sensors
• Yield Monitor

start page

• 809

end page

• 818

volume

• 22

issue

• 6