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Tillage equipment

Farm equipment used for the preparation of soil through mechanical agitation of various types, such as digging, stirring, and overturning.

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Tillage equipment

ridger

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

An implement which cuts and turns the soil in two opposite directions simultaneously for forming ridges.

soil scoop

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

An implement used to collect and move soil from one spot to another.

float

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

An implement used for packing down and smoothening the surface of the soil.

harrow

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

An implement used to break the clods after ploughing, to collect trash from the ploughed land, to level the seed bed, and to mix the material with the soil.

chain harrow

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

A harrow consisting of a frameless network of links.

disc harrow

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

A harrow which performs the harrowing operations by means of a set ( or a number of sets ) of rotating steel discs, each set being mounted on a common shaft.

double-action disc harrow

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

A disc harrow consisting of two or more gangs, in which a set of one or more gangs follows behind the set of the other one or more, arranged in such a way that the front and back gangs throw the soil ...

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