Agricultural or farm equipment cover a broad range of machines and tools which help

the farmers to carry out the various processes required to enhance the output as well as
the quality of crops. Based on their characteristics, agricultural equipment can be
divided into two types: farmstead equipment and field equipment. Engineering inputs to
agriculture by way of mechanization has increased considerably during the recent years
so as to meet the timeliness of farm operations, reducing drudgery, capacity
enhancement and efficient utilization of inputs. With the implementation of agricultural
support policies, growth in farmers income and the changes in agricultural production
methods, global farm equipment industry is scaling new heights and promise healthy
development in coming years.

New Holland, PA (August 21, 2013) -New Holland's Clean Energy Leader strategy
perfectly reflects modern agriculture. Since 2006, this commitment has been the driver
for the development of numerous pioneering initiatives, which are developed around the
needs of farmers themselves, the machinery they use and the impact this has on the
final consumers of their products, the world's population. It is a belief which
characterizes everything New Holland does, and is enrooted in every factory, office and
product. The overarching aims of the Clean Energy Leader program encompass
helping farmers achieve energy independence, increasing their production efficiency,
improving the sustainability of their agribusinesses and it also underpins New Holland's
committed company' ethos.

Inclusion of agricultural equipments and farm machineries is very vital and

essential for the whole farming and agricultural sector. Tractor, combine,
mower, cultivator, baler, sprayer, planter, and skid loader etc. are the
common examples of agricultural equipments and farm machineries but
there are also a number of different types of agricultural equipments and
farm machineries which greatly help the overall process of cultivation,
farming and agriculture. Under the category of 3 point equipments, there
comes many agricultural and farm equipments such as 3 point
compact tractor equipment, 3 point ground engaging equipment, 3 point
cutters & hay handling equipment, 3 point landscaping & utility equipment
and 3 point post hole digging equipment etc. whereas many spraying
equipments are also manufactured by companies.

he manufacturers of agriculture implements

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have appealed to the government to withdraw 16 percent General Sales Tax (GST) on
agriculture tools and machinery for ensuring green revolution and in the interest of the
industry.
The imposition of GST on agricultural implements the cost of production has been
increased to manifold and growers were reluctant to purchase new machinery and
doing farming with traditional modes, which is a major hurdle in tracking the agriculture
sector on modern farming.
Executive member of Engineering Development Board Muhammad Iqbal Mughal and a
leading manufacturer of agri-tools while talking to Business Recorder on Thursday said
that Daska is a hub of producing agriculture inputs with traditional techniques without
any support of the government and catering domestic needs of farmers as well as
exporting agriculture machinery to South Africa, Afghanistan, Sudan, Uganda, Nigeria
and Zimbabwe etc.
The agri-tool industry, he said, was confronting with serious shortage of skilled and
semi-skilled labour and non-availability of standard raw material. He said that under the
prevailing circumstances the Punjab government should take revolutionary steps for
establishing a Training Institute for producing skilled work force for the industry.

Canadian agriculture changed rapidly between 1850 and 1900, and changes in
agricultural implements both caused and reflected changes in other sectors.
In addition to the spade, hoe and rake familiar to modern gardeners, early hand tools
used in farming included the seeder, a perforated wooden trough carried by means of a
strap around the neck and used in broadcast seeding; the sickle and the scythe, oneand 2-handed knives, respectively, used for cutting field crops and hay; the flail, 2
wooden rods attached by a strap and used to thresh out the kernels of grain; the
winnowing tray, a 2-handled, half-moon-shaped receptacle used to cast flailed grain into
the air so that the chaff could be blown away; the fork, used for pitching hay or
shovelling manure; the wooden grain shovel; the hay knife and hay hook; and the

grafting froe, a knife used to split branches in grafting. Most of these implements were
superseded; others (eg, the plow) underwent substantial modification.