Ploughing is the initial step for a farmer in the process of growing crops. Traditionally ploughing used to be done with handmade wooden and iron tool but the same has been quite upgraded with the time. Not even farming, a plough is a tool that we all have seen and used in gardening in our homes. In modern times we can see farmers using most upgraded machinery like any other industry. Plough is one of these upgraded agriculture machinery used as a tractor implement.
Farmers are also upgrading themselves with technology to increase their efficiency and productivity. Plough is the very first and primary tillage equipment a farmer needs before seeding the crops. In different areas of the world, farmers use various types of farm equipment as per the land and soil conditions.
Plough is an equipment that is necessarily required to plough the hard, stony and trashy lands. Tilling the soil or land with a plough makes it nutrients rich by exposing it to fresh air and sun. It also increases or improves the water-absorbing capacity of the soil.
Turning up the soil with a plough let the weeds bury under the surface and prevents them from taking the nutrition from the soil so that the fresh crop can get proper nutrients of the soil.
Types of Plough
Depending on the different types of functionalities and design compatible with different types of tractors, Plough have various models, some are mentioned below -
Mounted Disc Plough
Directly mounted to the tractor, mounted disc plough works in all types of soils, for raising, mixing and breaking up the soil to make it perfect for seeding.
Mould Board Plough
MB Plough or Mould Board Plough is versatile farm equipment and suitable for various types of tilling operations such as ploughing, soil mixing, raising and inversion etc. MB plough is compatible to cope with even trashy conditions of the soil.
Other Models of a Plough are –
Jumbo Fixed Mould Board Plough
Disc Plough
Reversible Mould Board Plough
Mounted Mould Board Plough
Reversible Manual Plough
Maxx Reversible MB Plough
All of these plow or plough have their own special features and different make. Farmers should choose a plough as per their requirement to till the land, as farm equipment is high in cost. Although a plough price is comparatively quite lower than other machinery and usually depend on the types of plough, models of the plough and uses of plough.
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Models of Plough
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