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A seed drill is a sowing device that precisely positions seeds in the soil and then covers them. In the agricultural movement in England, the seed drill was invented by "Jethro Tull".
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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin to transform cotton to a usable product by removing the cottonseeds from the cotton fiber.
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Charles Newbold patented first cast iron plow.
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Jethro wood (1819) Patented the iron plow with interchangeable parts.
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In 1834 Cyrus McCormck invented the grain reaper.
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In 1834 Henry Blair invented the seed planter.
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John Deere designed the first cast steel plow that greatly assisted the Great Plains farmers. The large plows made for cutting the tough prairie ground were called "grasshopper plows." These plows were made of wrought iron and had a steel share that could cut through sticky soil without clogging. This greatly benefitted the economy as it made it more convenient and faster for farmers to plow their fields.
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Edmund Quincey invented the corn picker to reduce time and labor with picking corn faster.
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Joseph Glidden invented the barbed wire.
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Anna Baldwin changed the dairy industry by inventing a machine to replace hand milking.
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Thomas Elkins designed a device that helped with the task of preserving perishable foods by way of refrigeration.
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John Froelich produced the first successful gasoline powerd tractor.
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Benjamin Holt invented the tractor which came to replaced the mule as the sources of power (horse power).
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Many sustainable agricultural techniques were adopted in the 1980’s such as the cover crops method, where farmers grow plants known as cover crops to protect and build their soil during the off-season, or for livestock grazing or forage. Commonly planted cover crops include hairy vetch, annual ryegrass, and crimson clover. This practice could help solve many environmental and health problems associated with bare soil. And because cover crops add organic matter to the soil, they can help farmers
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tractor based GPS systems together with sophisticated GIS (Geographic Information Systems) uses a wide variety of techniques to gather data such as soil condition, humidity, temperature and other variables , which the system then uses to control such things as intensity of planting, application of fertilizer and pesticides, watering schedules, etc.
