Farm machinery plays a prominent role in the world of agriculture in a
wide range of ways. Farm machinery is any equipment that farmers use to
till, plant, cultivate, harvest or feed crops, including tractors,
plows, disks, planters, wagons and combines. There is an optimum time
for performing critical farming operations such as planting and
harvesting. Crop yields tend to be highest when these critical
operations are done closest to the optimum time. Farmers with
high-capacity machines can perform the critical operations quickly and
thus accomplish them close to the optimum time. Mechanization can also
improve the quality of farm operations. It is very pertinent to
inculcate basic knowledge about various farm machines among the
undergraduate students. This book on Farm Machinery & Power has been
made particularly to meet the course requirement of the B.Sc. (Ag)
students as per the latest syllabus recommended by the ICAR.