For grain farmers sometimes harvesting seems a big challenge due to the shortage of labor and increase on wages consequently in the country. However with the increasing mechanization in the agriculture industry many people are also migrating to the other industrial sectors for their livelihood. This is also a reason that due to the limited number of people, some labor-intensive farming activities like harvesting becomes a big challenge.
Therefore, the use of agricultural machinery like a Combine Harvester has grown rapidly. It is becoming quite popular among the farmers due to its technology that combines reaping, threshing, cleaning, and in some instances even bagging, in a single operation.
As per recent surveys it was found that use of Combine Harvesters increased significantly between the year 1996 and 2006. This fully mechanized harvesting equipment has replaced the traditional systems that used to be done by human labor with sickles in harvesting operations in weeks’ time. The key advantage of mechanized harvesting with a combine harvester is that it not only reduces the production costs but also improves labor efficiency.
However, to operate a combine harvester machine, a farmer also needs to be trained. The use of this a modern combine machine also can impact impacts the economic conditions of farmers, as it replaces the labour work. Here we have mentioned the positive impacts or advantage of a Combine Harvesters –
- It is very useful where labor scarcity is an issue.
- Combine harvester provides cleaner grains by effectively separating weeds from grain.
- The farm can be prepared easily in shorter time for the next crop.
- Farmers can save the overall cost of harvesting from cutting to winnowing.
- It reduces dependency on the human labour.
- Saves crops from getting damaged by natural disasters.
Combine harvester being versatile machinery and suitability to harvest multiple types of grains, are high in cost. Thus farmers first should be sure about its usability on his farm. A multi-crop harvester is usually preferred by the grain farmers to get the most out of their field or increasing in the productivity with efficiency.
