Utilization and Development of Tractors in Agriculture
A special issue of AgriEngineering (ISSN 2624-7402). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Mechanization and Machinery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editors
Interests: safety and health of agricultural mechanization operators; maintenance and repair of agricultural mechanization; ergonomics of agricultural mechanization; exploitation of agricultural mechanization and precision agriculture
Interests: tractor engines; fuel consumption of agricultural machinery; agricultural tractors; maintenance and repair of agricultural mechanization; exploitation of agricultural mechanization
Interests: GIS; precision agriculture; variable rate technology; multicriteria decision making; farming and cropping systems; agricultural land management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to the increasing challenges facing agricultural production—stemming from climate change and other contributing factors—the utilization and development of agricultural tractors must adapt to meet the demands of modern-day agriculture. Research on the exploitation of agricultural tractors can offer highly valuable data that may directly guide manufacturers in the direction of future development.
When it comes to tractor utilization, a wide array of topics emerge, including various performance effects that significantly depend on multiple operational factors, as well as fuel consumption and environmental impact. Furthermore, the development of agricultural tractors encompasses issues such as design solutions that must align with current trends in ergonomics—comfort, protection, safety, and operator health.
Topics of interest for this Special Issue include the tractive performance of tractors, tractor fuel consumption, tractor exhaust emissions, noise at the tractor operator’s workstation, tractor stability, and overall tractor efficiency.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue entitled “Utilization and Development of Tractors in Agriculture”, which aims to bring together diverse interdisciplinary fields equipped with state-of-the-art, efficient, and adaptive techniques. This effort will contribute to the improvement in tractor exploitation and development—both today and in the future.
This Special Issue seeks to enhance the current understanding of the agricultural tractor. Submissions should address the aforementioned topics. These themes raise numerous questions for researchers and, to a significant extent, for agricultural tractor manufacturers, thereby enabling improvements in both utilization and development.
Dr. Željko Barač
Prof. Dr. Tomislav Jurić
Dr. Ivan Plaščak
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agricultural mechanization
- development
- exploitation
- safety and health of operators
- maintenance
- repair
- ergonomics and precision agriculture
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