Agriculture Machinery – Uses, Types and Subsidies

With the advancement in agriculture, Agri-Machinery has become the most important part. If we talk about the growth of the agricultural sector, technology also plays an important role. Indian farmers are using Agri-Machinery for a long time. It has started with manual tools, then animal-drawn tools, and with the industrial revolution, big machinery is used in farms. 

Agricultural Revolution 

Here we are talking about mechanization in agriculture. This is the most important revolution in the agricultural sector. Mechanization has made farming much easier in comparison to older days. Starting from the early days, when farmers used to use human power for farming, i.e., doing all the work manually. And with the time, farmers used tom use animal power for farming with some mechanized tools, and still, many farmers use this way. And then comes the modern way, i.e., mechanized way. In this instead of human or animal power, farmers use the IC engine for power. Farmers use tractors in farming for different purposes by attaching different equipment with the tractor. 

Tractor 

Sprayer 

Cutters and Shredders 

Field Cultivator 

Seeders and Planters 

Soil cultivation machinery 

Harvesting equipment 

Future Trend of Agri-Machinery 

With the improvements in technology and digitalization, the future of agri-machinery seems to be promising. In the present condition, there are many limiting factors in mechanization, such as 

• Farmers with small landholdings can’t switch to mechanization due to large machines and their costs.
• For different farm operations, machines are not available,
• There is not enough coordination between research centers and agri-machinery manufacturers.
• The proper servicing facility also isn’t available.

Looking at all these limiting factors, Industry is working for all these only. Along with this, safety, convenience, and comfort will be the prior factors. And some machines can’t be used in farms in the present state, so this will also be the major work in the future to reduce the size of machines and make them economic too.  

In the future, farmers will have access to economic and sustainable machinery, which will benefit them and make farming easier and in an all, will benefit the Nation. 

Agri-Machinery Manufacturers  in India

There are many agricultural machinery manufacturers in India. Some of the major manufacturers are listed here. 

1. Eicher motors https://eichertractors.in/eichertractors/
2. Force motorshttps://www.forcemotors.com/agricultural-vehicles
3. Mahindra tractorshttps://www.mahindratractor.com/
4. HMThttp://www.hmtindia.com
5. Tractors and farm equipment limitedhttps://www.tafe.com/
6. Sonalika tractorshttps://www.sonalika.com/
7. Deccan farm equipment http://www.deccanequipments.com

Farm machinery training and testing  

The three major farm machinery training and testing institutes in India are: 

1. Northern Region Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute, Hissar(Haryana) 
2. Central Region Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute, Budni(M.P.) 
3. Southern Region Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute, Ananatpur(A.P.) 

Subsidies on Agri- machinery

As the Indian Economy is mainly dependent on the farming sector, so agricultural subsidies are necessary. To ease the work of farmers, farming machines are necessary, but due to the high cost, they are not affordable for every farmer. Therefore, Government has implemented subsidies on some Agri-machinery.