Determination of the level of agricultural mechanization of agricultural enterprices producing sunflower and paddy in Corum province

The purpose of the research is to determine the mechanization status of the agricultural enterprises of the sunflower and paddy agriculture production in Çorum province. For this purpose, a survey was conducted in 363 enterprises in 20 villages in 4 districts where sunflower and paddy production were concentrated. The survey includes the presence of land of the producers of the region, the presence of tractor and agricultural machinery and knowledge of the sunflower and paddy production mechanization phases. In this study, the mechanization levels for sunflower and paddy productions of Çorum province were compared with Turkey. In addition, all mechanization practices from soil tillage application to harvest were examined for the sunflower and paddy production. As a result of the research, the values related to the level of mechanization of enterprises in the region; average land sizes were 10.35 ha and 7.7 ha; tractor power per cultivated area was as 3.99 kW and 5.40 kW for sunflower and paddy producer enterprises, respectively. In the study, the number of tractors per 1000 ha cultivated area is 92.77 tractors and 125.6 tractors for sunflower and paddy producer enterprises. The number of agricultural machinery per tractor was found as 5.2 number and 4.9 number, while cultivated area per tractor area per tractor was obtained as 10.78 ha and 7.96 ha for sunflower producer enterprises, respectively. In the result of this study, the mechanization levels of the sunflower and paddy producer enterprises were found higher than Turkey's mechanization level.