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India is one of the top countries in cultivation and farming. Indian farmers are the backbones of our nation’s economy as the Indian economy is primarily an agriculture-based country. More than 40 years ago, a Japanese farmer upended conventional thinking on agriculture with his path-breaking book, The One-Straw Revolution. In the book published in 1975, Masanobu Fukuoka advocated a return to natural farming , that is, applying the laws of nature to agricultural practices. In India, farmers had practiced natural farming for long till the Green Revolution steamrolled their traditional practices and forced them to adopt the modern system of high-cost chemical inputs and hybrid seeds. In India Zero budget natural farming is one such a method of the agriculture sector to return to natural farming. The government of India has been promoting organic farming in the country through the dedicated schemes of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana since 2015-16 and through Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yo...

Earlier onset of monsoon encourages farmers to increase the area under cultivation. As we discussed in our previous blog ( sowing Equipment – 1 ) crop planting operations pick up the speed to cover the land in on time spam. Seed drill and planters are two main sowing equipment, which helps framers to achieve their cultivation targets.  A well-maintained planter gives seed its best chance. Most of the physical responsibility for manipulating soil, placing seed, and getting the seed off getting done with a single planter. Planter replaces some tillage equipment operations, which reduce the labor cost. Here we are going to discuss remaining sowing equipment as below.  Raised Bed Planter- The raised bed planter consists of a frame, planting hopper, Fertilizer box, bed shaper. The frame is made of mild steel. The furrow opener is ridge type and made with mouldboard and share point. The wings of the mouldboard can be adjusted. The share is made up of medium carbon steel, ha...

After the arrival of monsoon primary tillage operations have been started until mid of June in India. Crop planting operations also carried out just next to primary tillage operations. Crop planting operations involve placing of seed or tubers in the soil at a predetermined depth. Farmers in India used traditional methods to sow the seeds like broadcasting, sowing with bull or manual operated seed drill, and by drawing line at field to sow according to it by laborers. But with traditional methods, some error also takes place like ununiformed pattern, time-consuming operations, high amount of manpower required and uneven sowing. To reduce all these issues farm mechanization , provide machines to sow uniformed, on time, and at low cost.  Machines that place the seed in the soil and cover it in the definite row called sowing equipment. As per seeds of different crops these sowing machinery also different from each other for the specific crops. Sowing equipment classified in differen...

As we know, agricultural engineering in India is enhanced day by day. Indian Tractor industry helps it to maintain its rising graph. Some Tractor companies in India present their best tractors to Indian farmers. Escorts is one of the pioneers in the Indian agricultural engineering. Empowering the rural Indian, with this main motive point Escorts Tractor Put their foot in the Indian Tractor industry since 1944. There are three series tractors available in Escorts Tractor Company – Powertrac Tractors , Farmtrac Tractors , and Digitrac Tractors . Here We are going to discuss the Digitrac Tractor Series India .   Digitrac Tractors –  Digitrac is India’s first online tractor launched by Escorts Tractors India . In this Digitrac online service, Escorts provides doorstep tractor service, tractor evaluation, doorstep demo, Expert advice, and Tractor insurance and Tractor loan . There are three models available in this Series. These Most Stylish Tractors in Low Budget are ...

Mahindra Tractors:   Mahindra Tractors is the best manufacturing tractor company. Mahindra turned into the world's most  highest selling tractor brand  by volume. Mahindra Tractors is number one in deals in India, the biggest tractor advert in the world and it has been the market leader since 1963. Mahindra organizer names were  J. C. Mahindra, K. C. Mahindra and Malik Ghulam Muhammad . Its sales are successfully in the states of Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, Maharashtra and the Southern States.  Mahindra Tractor  sales in Gujarat are under the mark Mahindra Gujarat and its deals in Punjab are under the name Swaraj. In 1999, Mahindra bought 100% of Gujarat Tractors from the Government of Gujarat and Mahindra bought a 64.6% stake in Swaraj in 2004.  Mahindra Tractors started manufacturing 15HP tractors under the brand name Yuvraj in Rajkot in 2011. The plant in Rajkot is set up together by Deepak Diesel Pvt Ltd and Mahindra and Mahindra. The pl...

As we know that farm mechanization frees millions of agricultural workers for other industries. Reduction in the labor force in the agriculture sector is the main motivation point in farm mechanization. Mechanization in agriculture has several objectives like increasing productivity, improvement in the quality of field operations, and on-time tillage operations. The modern tractor industry plays an important role to achieve these objectives. Evolution in tractors has come with a change in agricultural technology and land under agriculture cultivation. There are so many types in tractors, but today’s modern agricultural new tractors are one complex vehicle used to power all types of farm implements . So, to know in detail about tractor technology we must study about various types of systems involved in that complex vehicle - Tractor . Engine –  The most important part of any vehicle is the engine. There are so many types and size engines that have been used in tractors...

According to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook Database Indian economy is secured 5th rank all over the world. In the Indian economy, agriculture contributed 17 -18 % to GDP and employed more than 50 % of Indian workforce. In our India there are so many marginal farmers. As per times demand for Indian agriculture , farm mechanization is a basic need for it. The tractor plays a key role in Indian agriculture. So as per our marginal farmers, the tractor should be in the budget, cost-effective, light-weighted to reduce soil compaction issues and suitable for any kind of farm operations. In India there are so many Tractor manufacturers like – Mahindra Tractor , Escorts Tractor , Sonalika Tractor , Tafe Tractor , Solis Tractor , Swaraj Tractor , etc. but the market leader since the last 30 years is Mahindra. Mahindra Provides Tractors in nearly all the categories to Indian agriculture. After the huge successes of the Mahindra Yuvo Tractor Series , Mahindra Comes with the most stylish, co...