Study of the efficiency of the transport support of forage harvesters when harvesting corn for silage in the conditions forest-steppe zone

In the article, the authors presented methodological approaches and the results of a study of harvesting corn for silage. It has been established that the actual performance of high-performance forage harvesters during harvesting is significantly lower than the ideal one. The main problems were identified - the partial or complete lack of positioning, monitoring and logistics means of vehicles involved in the maintenance of forage harvesters, which leads to downtime and additional costs. Increasing the efficiency of all links of the harvesting and transport process can be achieved by using positioning to lay rational routes for moving machines on the field using the multi-link tractor and road trains. Furthermore, forecasting places and times to replace a vehicle for loading can reduce combined harvester downtime by up to 30% and increase vehicle productivity by 25% due to reduced idle runs across the field.