crop harvesting

Combine harvester is a highly efficient agricultural machine, designed to perform multiple crop harvesting tasks simultaneously. It is mainly used for grain crops such as corn, soybean, wheat, and barley. 

Typically a combine harvester machine consists of a cutting mechanism, threshing system, separation system, cleaning system, and storage system. 

Today's modern combine harvesters are usually equipped with advanced technologies, such as GPS navigation, yield monitoring systems, and automated controls. 

The use of combined harvesters has revolutionized agriculture by significantly reducing the labor and time required for harvesting. Farmers can plow large fields quickly and efficiently.  

How does a combined harvester machine work?

There is a reel in the combine harvester machine, on which the farmers keep the crops. Its function is to transport the crop to the cutting unit. Inside there are many sharp blades like big knives. 

With the help of these blades, the cutter cuts the crop. The harvested crop goes to the racing unit through a conveyor belt. In the racing unit, the crop grains are separated with the help of a dressing drum and concrete clearance. 

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Combine harvesters have large cleaning systems and blowers, with the help of which chaff is separated from the crops. The cleaned grain gets collected in the storage system.  

What are the advantages of a combined harvester machine? 

A combine harvester is a machine that makes agricultural work easier from many directions simultaneously. Using it has the following benefits.

Increased Efficiency: Combine harvesters streamline the harvesting process by combining multiple operations into a single machine. It can do harvesting, sorting, storage, and many other tasks simultaneously.  

Time-Saving: Harvesting with a combined harvester is much faster than traditional manual or separate machinery-based harvesting methods. Farmers can harvest crops efficiently.  

Lower farming costs: One harvester does the work of many machines. Therefore, farmers do not need to buy separate machines. 

Quality Protection: Combine harvesters are designed to handle crops with minimum losses and maintain grain quality.

How many types of combined harvesters are there?

There are mainly two types of combine harvesters.

• Automatic combine harvester 

The entire machinery is fitted with an automatic combine harvester. The machinery operates the engine and other parts with its power, due to which the work of harvesting, threshing, and cleaning of grains is done easily.

• Tractor-driven combine harvester 

Tractor-driven combine harvester machine is operated by connecting it with a tractor. This machine runs from the PTO of the tractor. The crop is harvested by driving the combine with a tractor.

On what basis should a combined harvester be purchased? 

If you are a small or marginal farmer or are planning to buy a harvester only for your home farming, then a mini combine harvester or a tractor-operated combine harvester will be more useful for you. Additionally, the price of the small harvester will be right for you.

At the same time, if you want to earn money from the combine harvester in addition to household use, then you will have to buy a heavy combine harvester for this. 

Now either you buy an automatic combine harvester or buy a strong and powerful combine harvester like a tractor-driven combine harvester.

What is the price of a combined harvester in the Indian market?

The price of a combine harvester depends on the cutter bar. At present, more than 20 famous companies are manufacturing combined harvesters in India. 

The price of a combined harvester ranges from Rs 10 lakh* to Rs 50 lakh* in the market depending on its features and specifications.

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At the same time, if you are a small farmer and want to buy a combine harvester only for domestic use, then the option of mini combine harvester/small harvester price is also open to you. Mini combine harvester price starts from Rs 5 lakh*.

Keep this in mind while buying a combine harvester!

Subsidy facility on combined harvesters is provided from time to time in different states. The rate of subsidy varies depending on the RTOs imposed in the states. 

Generally, a 50 percent subsidy is provided to small, marginal, and women farmers and a 40 percent subsidy is provided to big farmers. Now whether it is a combine harvester or any other agricultural equipment, before purchasing it we must know whether there is a subsidy on it or not.