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Tillage after corn harvest (Click for video)Tillage is the agricultural preparation of soil by mechanical agitation of various types, such as digging, stirring, and overturning.
A roller in a typical power farming application. The roller is an agricultural tool used for flattening land or breaking up large clumps of soil, especially after ploughing or disc harrowing. Typically, rollers are pulled by tractors or, prior to mechanisation, a team of animals such as horses or oxen.
Agricultural equipment is any kind of machinery used on a farm to help with farming. The best-known example of this kind is the tractor. From left to right: John Deere 7800 tractor with Houle slurry trailer, Case IH combine harvester, New Holland FX 25 forage harvester with corn head.
The practice of no-till farming is a combination of different ideas developed over time, many techniques and principles used in no-till farming are a continuation of traditional market gardening found in various regions like France. [10] A formalized opposition to plowing started in the 1940s with Edward H. Faulkner, author of Plowman's Folly. [11]
The agricultural cycle is the annual cycle of activities related to the growth and harvest of a crop (plant). These activities include loosening the soil, seeding, special watering, moving plants when they grow bigger, and harvesting, among others.
Main shoot and 1 tiller 22: Main shoot and 2 tillers 23: Main shoot and 3 tillers 24: Main shoot and 4 tillers 25: Main shoot and 5 tillers 26: 3: Main shoot and 6 tillers 27: Main shoot and 7 tillers 28: Main shoot and 8 tillers 29: Main shoot and 9 or more tillers Stem Elongation 30: 4-5: Pseudo stem erection 31: 6: 1st node detectable 32: 7 ...
Mini tillers are a new type of small agricultural tillers or cultivators, used by farmers or homeowners. These are also known as power tillers or garden tillers. Compact, powerful and, most importantly, inexpensive, these agricultural rotary tillers are providing alternatives to four-wheel tractors and in the small farmers' fields in developing ...
A Simba disk harrow An Evers disk harrow. A disk harrow is a harrow whose cutting edges are a row of concave metal discs, which may be scalloped or set at an oblique angle. It is an agricultural implement that is used to till the soil where crops are to be planted.