Tillage Equipment

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Tillage Equipment
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Tillage is the initial process in agricultural
practices to prepare the soil for planting.
Preparing or tilling the soil by breaking it up
to make seedbed or rows is called tillage and is
performed using various tillage equipment. Few of
these are mentions here-
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PloughsPloughs are the most basic tillage
equipment used to break, turn and mix the soil
and works efficiently even in rocky and rooted
areas. Various models used worldwide as per their
functions are mould-board plough, reversible
mould-board plough, disc plough etc.
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Rotary Tillers or RotavatorPopularly known as
Rotavator, a rotary tiller is used in both
primary and secondary tillage operations.
Managing soil with rotavator ensures that the
land is perfectly levelled with no clods to make
it perfect for planting seeds.
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HarrowsHarrow is used as primary tillage
equipment in an open field for superficial
ploughing, smashing the clods, aerate the soil
and burying the organic remains and substances
under the surface. Few Harrow models are high
speed disc harrow,  power harrow, poly disc
harrow etc.
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Sub SoilersSub soiler are used in the areas
where deep tillage is required especially to
break up hardpan layers in the soil and loosening
the subsoil for improved drainage, ideal root
growth and mineral osmosis.
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CultivatorA cultivator is used to loosen and
aerate the soil to a depth of nine inches. The
cultivator is used as secondary tillage machinery
that easily till the soil on each side of the
rows in the fields, removing unwanted weeds and
grass.
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RipperA Ripper is used to cut the weed roots
under the surface, leaving the organic matter on
the upper layer of the soil. It is suitable to
use even in dry and harsh lands as the equipment
have a robust structure to keep it safe from
damages by underground stones roots.
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