A general-purpose simulation program for agricultural operations

A detailed stochastic computer model was developed to simulate a forage harvesting operation. It was written to be general enough to simulate any agricultural operation using mobile machinery with minimal additional programming. The program used the simulation software package SLAM II, and most of the additional programming involved developing a SLAM network to simulate the system to be modeled. No significant differences were bound between the simulated and observed quantities for the forage harvesting operation, but the model cannot be considered completely validated.