UTILIZATION THE SIMPLE PROGRAM IN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF MECHANIZED WHEAT PRODUCTION

The present research aimed to select the suitable integrated machines for wheat production which can be used depending on the field area and the available time of each operation.  The Visual basic program is used to belt a simple program “W.A.T.L.P.S.I.H.” and to calculate the critical specified information from the wheat operating systems. This program is divided into three main subroutines for the main wheat production processes; tillage, leveling, seeding, manure spreaders, irrigation, and harvesting to select the machine number and specifications that recognized to obtain the minimum operating time and total cost. The program tested as a case study at the variables of machine width and duplicated, field area and field shapes. The research concluded that the increase in machine width by 60 %, the operating time decreased by 65.60 and 59.92% respectively at square and rectangle field shape, also the operating cost decreased by 66.48 and 60.99% at the corresponding field shape. Furthermore, the increase in machine width by 60 % the operating time decreased by 65.56 and 54.25% respectively at square and rectangular field shapes, also the operating cost decreased by 69.38 and 57.95% at the corresponding field shapes. The software program can be applied at service stations mechanism to determine the best automation system at the lowest cost and in the time available for the farmer.