Tuesday 6 January 2015

Advanced farm equipment showcased

Agriculture Department officials showcased advanced farm equipment that would be given to farmers on hire in Bidar on Tuesday. Machines like bailer, mulcher, stubble-shaver, mini-tractor, sugarcane trash-cutter and thrasher, sugarcane cultivator, combined harvester and other equipment were introduced to farmers who had gathered in the field of Nagesh Patil in Kolar-K village. Some machines can be operated by attaching them to bullock carts or tractors.
Others run on diesel or electricity. Ravi Deshmukh, senior scientist from the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, urged farmers not to burn the sugarcane stubbles and leaves after harvesting the crops.
“They should be trashed and used as manure or feed supplements for animals,” he said. He said that farmers would save a lot of money if they recycled sugarcane crop waste rather than burning it.
Neelamma Shivanand Wadde, president, Zilla panchayat, G.T. Putra, joint director of agriculture, and others were present.

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