Agricultural machinery has a huge contribution in modern farming. The income of our farmers has increased due to modern agricultural machines and now farming is no longer a small-scale production. Actually farming is now done on thousands of hectares. The increase in the agricultural sector over the past few decades has made it possible for world to have enough food and access to any food at any time.
Modern agricultural machines have contributed in all areas of agriculture such as increasing the variety of seeds, making the field ready for sowing seeds quickly, in the harvesting of crop yield, availability of water for irrigation, etc.
The most common types of farm equipment used in modern farming are given below:
- Tractor
- Combine Harvester
- Tillage Implements
- Seed Drill Machines
- Straw Management Machines
- landscaping Machines
- Haulage Implements
Tractor - The tractor is the backbone of modern farming, all the loading work of agriculture is done by a tractor. And most of the agricultural machinery is operated by tractors.
Combine Harvester - A modern combine harvester is a multipurpose machine designed to efficiently harvest a range of grain crops.
Tillage Implements - Tillage equipment is used to prepare the land for sowing purposes.
Seed Drill Machines - Used in agriculture that sows seeds of crops by positioning them in the soil and burying them to a specific depth.
Straw Management Machines - Used to collect the waste material of harvesting yield.
Landscaping Machines - Used to plane or smooth the surface of a field.
Haulage Implements - Used to hauling crops or farm implements from one space to another space.