Archive | Pilot groups

Here you can download the report about the session that APEA hold in february, about the relation between GPS and saving fuel: http://es.efficient20.eu/files/2012/03/INFORME-CURSO_23-2.pdf

Farmers from the Herefordshire & South Shropshire Pilot Group took part in fuel-efficiency training day at 7Y Services in Leominster on 8th March. As well as covering eco-driving techniques (getting the most power from a tractor while using the least fuel), farmers learnt how to reduce wheel slippage, mimimise soil compaction and improve on fuel [...]

APEA organised a course in 23th February, as activity of Efficien 20, a course about GPS use in agriculture, where farmers were informed about the chanced of GPS as a tool to save energy. GPS’s allow agriculture some interesting advantages related to farmers confort and tasks technification, but these tools also give to farm activity [...]

« Sharing experiences » The nine French pilot groups met in November 2011 at Saint Aubin du Cormier (35 – Ille-­et-­Vilaine). The meeting was hosted by Britanny Chamber of Agriculture, partner of the project. The meeting gathered 30 people (farmers, drivers, farming organisations) and allowed to exchange about the first results of consumption measurements, the [...]

Representatives of the Industrial Institute of Agricultural Engineering in Poznan arranged several meetings with members of the Polish Pilot Groups. We analysed farmers’  performance and encouraged them to further activity towards fuel savings.

In tests run by Efficient 20 farmer, John Lewis, fuel consumption was cut by 5% through correct tyre inflation and a staggering 30% reduction in fuel was seen through selecting a larger tyre size.   Ruralnet Futures and Firestone (the agricultural division of Bridgestone Tyres) who are Efficient 20 Associate Members spent a day with [...]

During 14th and 15th september, APEA has organized two training sessions about eco-driving to pilot group members. These courses took place in the New Holland campus, in Peñarrubias del Pirón (Segovia) and 18 farmers from Pilot Groups were taught about eco-driving lessons.     During the journey, farmers could drive a tractor as they usually [...]

APEA held a meeting with 5 new farmers in Santo Tomé de Zabarcos on 5th of july, , in order to recruit new farmers to be part of Efficient20 pilot groups. This meeting was hold because some pilot groups didn’t have a suitable number of active members, so APEA has worked to complete these pilot [...]

A new Pilot Group has been formed in Spain, with farmers from the center part of the province. The first meeting with them was hold on 15th June in El Oso, and 6 farmers were informed about the project and agreed in been part of it.  Some of them will install the fuel measurement equipment [...]

Four of the nine french pilot groups attented a one day eco driving training session. They have been working on transport and soil preparation issues.