Laboratory Exercise No.

Agricultural Power and Energy Sources

Course No. and Name:

AG.ENG 01 AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

Semester and Year:

2nd SEM S.Y 2018-2019

Name of Student: Name of Lab. Instructor:

Braga, Godwin L. STEPHEN JHON DLC. GONZALES, PAE

Date of Report Submitted: Rating:

March 3, 2019

INTRODUCTION:
Rice can be grown in many ways. Some varieties demand little water, but others require irrigation. Some require extensive application
of fertilizer and others require little. Some are very labor-intensive, but others can be left to themselves much of the time. Most varieties
require some protection against birds, insects and rodents. The highest yield per unit of land, however, is seen with rice varieties which
require irrigation, large amounts of fertilizer, a great deal of labor, plus protection against predators, especially insects. Lessen any of these
inputs and the crop will be reduced.

OBJECTIVES:

Improve farmer’s capacity to produce rice with organic and low-input SRI cultivation method. Outcome Enhanced farmers' production
process management system for consumers' trusts on safe crops by ensuring trace ability of rice production, and for cleaner agricultural
environment.
KEY WORD:

 Organic
 Cultivation
 Traceability
 Varieties

DEFINITION OF TERMS:

Organic – is matter that has come from a once-living organism, is capable of decay or is the product of decay, or is
composed of organic compounds.

Cultivation - The action of cultivating land, or the state of being cultivated.

Traceability - Is the capability to trace something. In some cases, it is interpreted as the ability to verify the history, location, or
application of an item by means of documented recorded identification.
Varieties - the quality or condition of being diversified or various.

DISCUSSION:

Instructions: Identify all existing farm operations and practices for rice and corn production in your area. Make a table for all farm inputs. If
possible fill out the three schemes of practices such as Traditional Farming, Semi/Partially-Mechanized, Fully/Highly-Mechanized. You may
add columns or rows for other important items not found in the sample table such as amount/price/cost, labor, custom rate, etc. if needed.

RICE/CORN PRODUCTION per hectare (Agusan Del Sur)

Name of Farmer: Ireneo D. Canacio

Rice field Area: 2 hectares
Address: Loreto, Agusan del Sur
Average yield/ha: 100sacks/ha @ 65 kg/sack (Php 18.50/kg of net palay)
OPERATION Cost/ha (Php) NUMBER OF NUMBER OF EQUIPMENT/TOOLS NUMBER OF
HUMAN/ANIMALS HOURS USED (SIZE OR HOURS UTILIZED
(MALE/FEMALE) WORKING POWER (Per
INVOLVED (Per activity REQUIREMENT- AVE. operation/activity
and Total) FUEL CONSUMED per and Total)
hr)
Land Preparation
(1) Machinery 500 1 male driver 8 hours/day for Turtle Tiller (_kg) 8hr/ha
(2) Fuel 328 1 carabao 1day per 8L/ha
(3) Labor (Human 400 hectare= 8
and Animal) hours/hectare
(4)
Planting (Manual)
1) Seeds 6,000 Planting:20 5 hours Seeds=18kg/ha 5hrs + 3.5 hrs
2) Labor 3,500 labors/ha 3.5 hours =8.5 hr/ha
Before planting:4
person

Crop Maintenance
A. Pest Control
(1) Molluscide 3,000.00 1 manpower 2.5 hr/ha 1 Knapsack Sprayer For molluscide:
(2) Herbicide 580.00 2.5 hr/ha 10 sachets 2.5 hr/ha
(3) Insecticide 1,500.00 For molluscide/ha For herbicide:
(4) Pesticide 1,000.00 insecticide:2.5 1 L herbicide 2.5 hr/ha
(5) Knapsack For knapsack sprayer and labor: hr 5 5 L insecticide 1L per For pesticide
Sprayer 1,200.00 applications per ha x 5 application)
18.5 hr/ha
(6) Labor ha=12.5 hr/ha, 24 kg Furadan (@ 12kg
Total: 23.5 hr/ha
for pesticide: 3 per ha x 2 application)
hrs @ 2
applications per Sickle
ha=6hr/ha
B. Weed Control 1 manpower
(1) Sickle

C. Fertilizer 1 manpower
(1) Complete 3 bags complete/ha
(2) Urea 3 bags urea/ha
 (3) Potash 100 per bags 3 bag potash/ha

D. Overall Labor
(12% net
income)

Harvesting
(1) Sickles 6 hr/ha/day sickles 6 hr/ha
(2) Labor 17,760 20 manpowers = 6 hr/ha

Threshing For machinery and fuel: 1 Unit

(1) Machinery 492 8 manpowers Thresher = 500 kg
(2) Fuel For labor: 17,760 Engine= 12 hp(86 kg,
(3) Labor Est.)

=0.75L/hr
Hauling (P20/sack)
(1) Labor =Human 4,000 10 manpowers

Drying
Milling

Farmer Name: Ireneo D. Canacio