Farm equipment

Soil cultivation

• Cultivator
• Chisel plow
• Harrow
  • Spike harrow
  • Drag harrow
  • Disk harrow
• Plow
• Power tiller
• Rotary tiller
• Rototiller
• Spading machine
• Subsoiler
• Walking tractor

Planting

• Broadcast seeder (or broadcast spreader or fertilizer spreader)
• Plastic mulch layer
• Potato planter
• Seed drill
• Air seeder
• Precision drill
• Transplanter
  • Rice transplanter

Fertilizing and pest control

• Fertilizer spreader (see broadcast seeder)
• Terragator
• Manure spreader
• Sprayer

Irrigation

• Center pivot irrigation

Harvesting / post-harvest

• beet harvester
• Bean harvester
• Combine harvester
• Conveyor belt
• Corn harvester
• Cotton picker
• Forage harvester (or silage harvester)
• Huller
• Potato digger
• Potato harvester
• Sickle
• Swather

Hay making

• Bale mover
• Baler
• Conditioner
• Hay rake
• Hay tedder
• Mower

Loading

• Backhoe
• Front end loader
• Skid-steer loader

Other

• Grain auger
• Feed grinder
• Grain cart
• Rock picker

References

• Field, Harry L. and John Solie. 2007. Introduction to Agricultural Engineering Technology: A Problem Solving Approach. New York, NY: Springer. ISBN 0387369139.
• Hurst, Douglas R. 1991. Agricultural Technology in the Twentieth Century. Manhattan, KS: Sunflower University Press. ISBN 0897451465.
• Yeoshua, Shimshon Ben. 2005. Environmentally Friendly Technologies for Agricultural Produce Quality. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0849319110.

External links

All links retrieved July 25, 2013.

• American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Official Site
• Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering-Michigan State University

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