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Seed drill

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

nounCommon term

In agriculture, seed drill means: A machine that places seeds in rows at a set depth and rate and covers them with soil, often applying fertilizer at the same time.

In Turkish: mibzer, ekim makinesi

How it is used

Used for cereals and other small-seeded crops. Farmers set the seed drill for row spacing, depth and seed rate. For maize, sunflower and cotton, which need exact spacing, a precision planter (pnömatik mibzer) is used.

Example sentences

  1. The seed drill was set to sow 20 kilograms of wheat per decare.

  2. A no-till seed drill can sow directly into last year's stubble.

Common collocations

  • seed drill
  • no-till drill
  • combined seed and fertilizer drill
  • calibrate the drill
  • precision planter
  • sowTo put seeds in or on the soil so that they will grow into plants, by hand or with a machine.
  • seedThe small part of a plant from which a new plant grows; in farming, also the grain or material kept or bought for sowing.
  • seeding rateThe amount of seed sown per unit of area, given as kilograms per hectare or as number of seeds per square meter or hectare.
  • tractorA powerful farm vehicle with large rear wheels, used to pull or drive machines such as plows, seed drills, sprayers and trailers.
  • no-till farmingA system in which crops are sown directly into the remains of the previous crop without plowing or other soil cultivation.

More terms: Farm Machinery

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