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A Headland, in agriculture, is the area at each end of a planted field. [1] In some areas of the United States, this area is known as the Turnrow. It is used for turning around with farm implements during field operations and is the first area to be harvested to minimize crop damage. The rows run perpendicular to the lay of the field and are ...
Hay or grass is the foundation of the diet for all grazing animals, and can provide as much as 100% of the fodder required for an animal. Hay is usually fed to an animal during times when winter, drought, or other conditions make pasture unavailable. Animals that can eat hay vary in the types of grasses suitable for consumption, the ways they ...
Intercropping is the practice of growing two or more crops in the same field. The field is still divided into strips, but the strips are narrower and contiguous, which helps facilitate modern farm machinery as well as allows adjoining plants to benefit from synergistic growth effects. [10]
Scarifying teeth, e.g., Young's teeth, were sometimes used to prepare sites for planting, but their most effective use was found to be preparing sites for seeding, particularly in backlog areas carrying light brush and dense herbaceous growth. Rolling choppers found application in treating heavy brush but could be used only on stone-free soils.
Silage is usually made from grass crops including maize, sorghum or other cereals, using the entire green plant (not just the grain). Specific terms may be used for silage made from particular crops: oatlage for oats, haylage for alfalfa (haylage may also refer to high dry matter silage made from hay). [2]
Mark wouldn't finish planting until 11 o'clock, while Ross stayed up past midnight doing office work. And they weren't alone. Down the road, another farmer was planting his field under the full ...
Field cultivators are used to complete tillage operations in many types of arable crop fields. The main function of the field cultivator is to prepare a proper seedbed for the crop to be planted into, to bury crop residue in the soil (helping to warm the soil before planting), to control weeds, and to mix and incorporate the soil to ensure the ...
A windrow is a row of cut (mown) hay or small grain crop. [1] It is allowed to dry before being baled , combined , or rolled. For hay, the windrow is often formed by a hay rake , which rakes hay that has been cut by a mowing machine or by scythe into a row, or it may naturally form as the hay is mown.