Abstract
Today, forage crops and crop rotation is mandatory for use in enhancing the diversity of available forage crops to increase production. In these areas, it is necessary to develop the economic production model as far as ecological conditions allow. This study was carried out in 2018 at Konya Selcuk University Faculty of Agriculture Saricalar Application and Research Farm to increase the diversity of forage crops. Study; It is aimed to determine the mechanization properties and energy efficiency of Italian grass. Fuel consumption, total energy inputs and outputs and energy efficiency of the machinery and equipment used in its production are calculated.
According to the research results; the highest fuel consumption was determined in the baler machine with 43.2 l ha-1 in the harvest group machines and with the plow with 17.2 l ha-1 in the soil processing group machines. Total energy output is calculated as 81572.40 MJ ha-1 and total energy input is 34197.97 MJ ha-1 and accordingly, net energy efficiency is 47374.43 MJ ha-1, energy ratio is 2.39 and energy efficiency is 0.14 kg MJ-1 was found. The amount of energy required to obtain a kg product defined as specific energy was calculated as 7.31 MJ kg-1, and the net energy ratio, which represents the ratio of net energy efficiency to total energy input, was calculated as 0.58 It is determined that direct energy has 45.62%, indirect energy 54.38% non-renewable energy 65.38% and renewable energy 34.62%.