Agriculture
Trends
Farming continues to evolve from a lifestyle into a business where operating efficiencies, equipment downtime, and energy cost dictate the ROI and profitability of the farm or aqua and mariculture industry.
Ease of Service and Replacement
Repair and/or replacements must be done quickly on site. This helps restore critical operations, prevents unnecessary downtime and the adverse effects to livestock, crops, confinements and aquaculture.
Reliability
Simply stated, we have build tough products despite the adverse extremes of ambient temperatures and the harsh environments that our power transmission and motors must operate in for the agriculture, aqua and mariculture industry for over 100 years.
Agriculture Solutions
Center Pivot Irrigation Solution
Regal produces a wide variety of highly efficient centerdrive gearmotors, that are dual rated for 50Hz/380V and 60 Hz/460V power. They can meet the different demands for most crop types and climate conditions for either linear or circular pivot systems worldwide. They are constructed with aluminum and/or stainless steel frames, along with specific protective features. These features deliver maximum reliability over many years in the demanding environments encountered in mechanized irrigation...
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Agriculture Literature & Training
- American Bearing Manufacturers Association (ABMA)
- AGMA
- Canadian Standards Association
- CE Mark
- EISA/NEMA Premium®
- NEMA MG1-2006
- Underwriters Laboratories
Agriculture Reference List
Note the various equipment applications within the Agricultural Industry, segregated by the motor types within each one. Additionally, Power Transmission equipment applications are also referenced.
| Motor Types | Bulk Handling | Conveyors | Crop Drying | Grain Distributors | Fans | Feeders | Irrigation | Loaders | Pumps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakemotors | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Crop Dryers | • | ||||||||
| Farm Rated | • | ||||||||
| Fractional | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| Gearmotors | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| IEC | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Integral Horsepower | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Pump | • | • | |||||||
| Variable Speed | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Drives & Starters | Bulk Handling | Conveyors | Crop Drying | Grain Distributors | Fans | Feeders | Irrigation | Loaders | Pumps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Voltage VFD | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Solid State LV Starter | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| Power Transmission | Bulk Handling | Conveyors | Crop Drying | Grain Distributors | Fans | Feeders | Irrigation | Loaders | Pumps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belt Drives | • | ||||||||
| Center Pivot Geardrives | • | ||||||||
| Conveyor Components | • | • | |||||||
| Couplings | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Gear Reducers | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Mounted Bearings | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| Pulleys | • | ||||||||
Market Segment
Demand Determinants Demand Determinants
Vegetables are sold to fresh and processing markets. As a result, any factors that improve demand for either of these downstream markets will lift returns to farmers. The largest factors that influence demand are dietary trends, produce price, consumer incomes, exchange rates and produce quality.
Product attributes
Although demand for greenhouse tomatoes has been quite strong in the retail market, food service outlets (e.g. restaurants) still prefer mature green tomatoes. If the greenhouse industry will be able to develop flavorful, high-quality tomatoes, it may see an increase in demand. Similarly, the introduction of new types of mushrooms and research into alternative products (such as mushroom tea) may also boost demand for greenhouse mushrooms.
Major Markets
The US market for vegetables and melons can be divided into several segments, including: supermarkets and retail outlets; vegetable processors; food service industries; fresh produce wholesalers; and the US government (through the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service). Furthermore, the export market accounts for an estimated 11.9% of industry sales.
SOURCE: WWW.IBISWORLD.COM
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