УДК 631.5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36887/2415-8453-2026-1-89
Published: 25.02.2026
The article presents the results of calculating the economic efficiency of tillage, sowing and plowing machine-tractor units (MTA) based on tractors of the Kharkiv Tractor Plant. It is determined that calculating the economic efficiency of MTA is a complex task that requires integrating the technical characteristics of traction vehicles with the agro-technological parameters of the implements. The economic feasibility of using a specific combination of a tractor and an agricultural machine is determined not only by productivity, but also by minimizing the specific cost of performing operations, fuel and lubricants, and depreciation. The calculation of the economic efficiency of modernized versions of machine-tractor units was performed in accordance with DSTU 4397:2005. The initial data on the cost of a tractor, agricultural machine, fuel and lubricants, and other prices are accepted as current. The determination of the technical and economic efficiency of machine-tractor units was carried out using a differential assessment – the method of sequential comparison. It was established that increasing the efficiency of the functioning of the tillage MTA as part of the KhTZ-243KS tractor and the KPS-8.4 cultivator by modernizing the transmission provides an annual economic effect of 656.647 thousand UAH with a payback period of additional capital investments of 1.5 years. It was determined that increasing the efficiency of the functioning of the sowing unit as part of the KhTZ-242KS tractor and the Zlatnik – SED sowing complex by using an active drive of the hopper engines provides an annual economic effect on plowing of 1276.65 thousand UAH with a payback period of additional capital investments of 1.4 years. It was established that increasing the efficiency of the functioning of the plowing unit by improving the traction and coupling properties and reducing the oscillations of the elements provides an annual economic effect on plowing of 1320.89 thousand UAH with a payback period of additional capital investments of 0.8 years.
Keywords: soil tillage, sowing, arable, machine-tractor unit, calculation, economic efficiency.
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Antoshchenkov R. , Zadorozhnyi V. , Kis O. , Svitlychnyi O. Calculation of economic efficiency of soil cultivation, seeding and plowing machine-tractor units based on khtz tractors. Ukrainian Journal of Applied Economics and Technology. 2026. №1. 465-468 pp. https://doi.org/10.36887/2415-8453-2026-1-89
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Antoshchenkov R. , Zadorozhnyi V. , Kis O. , Svitlychnyi O. Calculation of economic efficiency of soil cultivation, seeding and plowing machine-tractor units based on khtz tractors. Ukrainian Journal of Applied Economics and Technology. https://doi.org/10.36887/2415-8453-2026-1-89