The publication contains 52 reviewed papers presented at the 7th International Scientific Symposium "Farm Machinery and Processes Management in Sustainable Agriculture", which took place in November 2015 in Gembloux, Belgium.

The risk related to the presence of low frequency electromagnetic fields can be a serious OSH risk within different kind of agro-industrial plants. In this paper, an experimental analysis aimed at measuring electromagnetic ...

Herbal raw materials are widely used in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. In the presented studies the content of selected elements in the herbs originating from organic farming in the Lublin region was ...

Production of energy pellets from waste straw is a good way to manage the straw surplus and to increase profitability of the agricultural enterprises. The present paper covers the results of the tests of the hardness of ...

Proper management of plant nutrients has a fundamental effect on the amount and quality of crop yields and on maintaining soil fertility. Under organic production conditions, with limited fertilization, deficiency of some ...

The paper presents the results of a study on evaluation of a selected group of physical properties of dry mixtures of juniper in relation to the process of their cleaning and separation using two types of cleaning separators. ...

All pesticide application equipment in professional use shall be subject to inspections at regular intervals according to the EU Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides. Article 8.3 allows the Member ...

The aim of the study was to check if the quality of water which was taken from different sources (used for plant protection treatments) influences the droplet size generated by agricultural nozzles. The experiment was done ...

Within the framework of this paper efficiency of the S-4003 engine Ursus C-360 tractor was evaluated in terms of variation of its rotational speed. The proper use of the engine operating parameters according to various ...

The paper analyses an orcharding farm that specializes in apple trees production. Based on the data for the period of 2008-2014, the authors analysed the main factors that might have impact on apple yield. A computer system ...