Top 10 Most Used Agricultural Machines

Agriculture relies heavily on advanced equipment to increase productivity and streamline operations, and modern agriculture has evolved from manual labor to highly mechanized processes that greatly reduce workload while increasing efficiency.

The most commonly used agricultural machinery in agricultural work includes: tractors, harvesters, plows, planters, harrows, agricultural sprayers, fertilizers, balers, irrigation equipment, wagons, and trailers, which are the basic agricultural machinery and equipment that, with their assistance, can make agricultural harvesting more efficient and convenient.

Join us as we learn about ten common and essential pieces of farm equipment and explore their importance and application in today’s agricultural practices.

Tractors – Essential Powerhouses

As the “heart” of modern agriculture, tractor undertakes diversified tasks from cultivation to transportation, but users often face problems such as poor terrain suitability, high threshold of operation, soaring maintenance costs, etc. In response to the needs of farms of different scales, MINNUO creates a tractor solution covering the whole operation chain through technological innovation and scenario-based design, truly realizing “one machine, multiple functions, high efficiency”.

Possible problems: In hilly slopes, muddy rice paddies, narrow rows in orchards, etc., ordinary 2WD tractors have insufficient traction, and the rate of tire skidding exceeds 30%, which may even lead to interruptions of operations.

MINNUO solution:

4WD + Intelligent Differential Lock: The LX904 series is equipped with full-time 4WD system as standard, together with electronic differential lock, which improves the traction efficiency by 40% in the mud, and the slope operation capacity up to 25°, meeting the needs of mountain farms.
Wide Tire/Track Option: High tread tires or rubber track modification packages are available, ground pressure is reduced to 15kPa (lower than human walking pressure), and wetland passability is significantly enhanced.

Harvesters – Streamlined Crop Collection

Harvesting directly determines the quality of harvest and economic benefits throughout the year, but the traditional harvester generally has a high crop loss rate, poor terrain adaptability, rising maintenance costs and other pain points.MINNUO through technological innovation and scenario-based design, the launch of a full range of harvesting solutions covering grains, forage, root crops, to help farmers achieve “grain to the warehouse, loss to zero” ultimate goal. The ultimate goal is to help farmers realize the goal of “returning grain to the barn and zero loss”.

Possible problems: Traditional combine harvester threshing is not clean (loss rate >5%), grain crushing rate exceeds the standard (wheat >3%), resulting in a reduction of 100-200 yuan per acre, and crushed grains by the grain station price suppression of 10%-15%.

MINNUO Solution:
Double-drum threshing system: 4LZ-10 combine harvester adopts the combination of “pin-tooth drum + grid concave plate”, the threshing rate is increased to 99.2%, and the broken rate is controlled within 1%.

Intelligent wind speed adjustment: the speed of the cleaning fan is automatically matched according to the crop moisture (800-1500 rpm), and the impurity residue is less than 0.8%, reaching the national level grain standard.

Seed loss monitoring: infrared sensors are added to display grain falling data in the field in real time, guiding the operator to adjust operating parameters.

Plows – Preparing the Ground

The quality of plowing directly affects the seeding rate and crop yield, but the traditional plows generally suffer from soil structure damage, high energy consumption, poor stubble treatment, etc. MINNUO has launched innovative plowing solutions for different soil types and farming needs, to achieve the goal of “deep plowing without sloughing, high efficiency and energy saving” in modern agriculture.

Possible problems: Traditional plowshare plows have a fixed depth (>30cm) for a long time, destroying the soil granular structure, forming a 5-10cm layer of crusts in the bottom layer, blocking the penetration of crop roots, and decreasing the utilization rate of fertilizers by 30%.

MINNUO Solution:

Intelligent Deep Pine Plow (1LS-435 series): equipped with vibrating plow tip, the ploughing depth of 25-50cm is adjusted steplessly, the soil crushing rate reaches 90%, and the efficiency of crushing the nodular layer is increased by 60%.

Layered fertilizer application technology: ploughing synchronously realizes 20cm/35cm double-layer deep fertilizer application, which reduces the labor cost of fertilizer tracing in the later stage.

Soil moisture monitoring: equipped with IoT sensors, real-time feedback of moisture in the tillage layer, avoiding water loss due to excessive tillage.

Seed Drills and Planters – Accurate Planting

Precision seeding is the first step to high crop yield, but the traditional seeding machine commonly exists in the reseeding leakage, uneven depth, seed and fertilizer conflict and other pain points, resulting in less than 75% seedling emergence rate, mu average yield reduction of 10%-30%. MINNUO through intelligent design and agronomy fusion, the introduction of a full range of seeding solutions, redefine the “a seed, a harvest” standard of precision agriculture. The standard of precision agriculture is redefined as “one seed, one harvest”.

Possible Problem: When sowing corn with traditional grooved wheel seeder, the reseeding rate exceeds 8% and the leakage rate exceeds 5%, wasting 2-3 kilograms of seed per mu and directly losing about 50 yuan.

MINNUO Solution:

Air-absorbing seed discharge system: 2BMJ series equipped with negative pressure adsorption technology, single grain rate ≥98%, reseeding leakage rate <2%, saving 1.5 kilograms of seed per mu.

Photoelectric monitoring system: each row is equipped with infrared sensors, real-time display of the number of sown grains and marking the location of miss-sowing, replanting efficiency increased by 90%.

Seed box capacity warning: APP automatically calculates the amount of remaining seed and reminds to add seed 30 minutes in advance to avoid interruption in the field.

Harrows – Refining Soil Condition

Harrowing is the core link between plowing and sowing, which directly affects the seed germination environment. The traditional harrow is commonly used in uneven soil breaking, destroying moisture, fast loss of accessories and other pain points, resulting in fluctuations in seedling emergence rate of more than 20%, replanting costs increased dramatically.MINNUO through innovative design and material science and technology, the introduction of a full-scene harrowing solutions, redefine the modern agricultural standard of “breaking soil like foam, moisture retention like quilt”.

Problems may arise: the traditional disc harrow after breaking up the soil diameter > 8cm accounted for more than 30%, seeding caused by the seed tube blockage rate of up to 15%, need to manually clear the obstruction of the average daily time-consuming 2 hours.

MINNUO solution:

Multi-stage soil crushing system (1BJX series): Adopting “wavy disc + elastic rake teeth” double-stage crushing, the proportion of soil pieces with a diameter of ≤3cm is increased to 95%, and the seeding passability is increased by 50%.

Infinitely adjustable angle: the inclination angle of disc group can be electrically adjusted from 0° to 25°, suitable for different working conditions such as sandy soil/clay, and the standard deviation of uniformity of soil crushing is <0.8.

Laser particle size monitoring: real-time display of soil distribution heat map, guiding the operator to optimize the operating parameters.

Agricultural Sprayers – Protecting Crop Health

Precise application of pesticides is a key link to ensure crop health, but traditional spraying equipment is commonly used in liquid drift, uneven coverage, poor terrain adaptability and other pain points, resulting in pesticide utilization rate of less than 40%, and there are safety hazards.MINNUO through intelligent technological innovation, the introduction of a full range of spraying solutions to cover the large field, orchard, and small-scale scenarios, redefining the “zero drift, full coverage, ultra-safe” standard of modern plant protection.

Possible Problem: Traditional sprayer drifts more than 30% in winds above grade 3, causing damage to sensitive crops (such as grapes and herbs) in the vicinity, resulting in a compensation loss of 200-500 RMB per mu.

MINNUO Solution:

Electrostatic adsorption + anti-drift nozzle (3WPX series): the adsorption force is increased by 50% after the drug solution is charged and processed, and the drift is reduced by 80% with the 90° fan-shaped fog cone angle.

Wind sensing system: real-time monitoring of wind speed and direction, more than 5m/s automatically suspend spraying to avoid cross-border pollution.

Night operation mode: equipped with LED fill light and thermal imaging camera to reduce the risk of drift caused by high temperature evaporation during the day.

Fertilizer Spreaders – Ensuring Nutrient Efficiency

Fertilizer uniformity directly determines crop yield and fertilizer utilization rate, but the traditional fertilizer spreader commonly uneven spreading, caking blockage, poor terrain adaptability and other pain points, resulting in more than 20% of the average acre of wasted fertilizer, local fertilizer damage is frequent. MINNUO through the intelligent fertilizer spreading technology and scenario-based design, the launch of a full range of fertilizer solutions covering the field, orchard, organic fertilizer, redefining the “centimeter-level accuracy, tonnage efficiency” standard of modern nutrient management.

Possible problems: Under the humid environment, the caking rate of compound fertilizer/organic fertilizer exceeds 40% when the water content is >15%, the clogging frequency of traditional fertilizer spreading machine’s fertilizer discharger reaches 3-5 times per hour, and the daily average downtime to clear the clogging consumes 2.5 hours.

MINNUO Solution:

Dual-axis arch-breaking system (2FGB series): Adopting “spiral crushing + vibration screening” dual-stage processing, it can break clumps with a diameter of ≤8cm, and is suitable for organic fertilizers with a moisture content of ≤25%.

Real-time flow monitoring: Microwave sensor real-time detection of the flow of fertilizer discharge, 30 seconds before the blockage triggered sound and light alarm and automatic reversal to clear the blockage.

Heated fertilizer tank: optional electric heating device (power 2kW), to prevent high humidity fertilizer freezing and sticking.

Balers – Efficient Crop Management

Baling operation is a key part of straw leaving the field and feed preparation, but the traditional balers generally have pain points such as loose bales, metal impurity damage, poor humidity adaptability, resulting in transportation loss rate of more than 15% and high equipment failure rate.MINNUO has launched a full-scenario baling solution covering large, medium and small farms through the innovation of material science and intelligent control technology, redefining the modern straw management standard of “high density, low loss and all-weather”.

Possible problems: traditional round baler bale density <120kg/m³, the rate of loose bales during transportation is more than 10%, and the logistics cost of each ton of straw increases by 80 RMB; open stacking is easy to be moldy in case of rain, and the loss rate of feed is more than 25%.

MINNUO Solution:

Four-stage pre-compression system (9YY series): Adopting the process of “screw feeding + hydraulic pre-compression + rotary molding + secondary compaction”, the density of straw bales reaches 200kg/m³, up 66% year-on-year.

Intelligent humidity compensation: microwave moisture sensor detects material humidity in real time (accuracy ±2%), automatically adjusts compression strength, suitable for straw with moisture content of 15%-25%.

Film-covered baling option: integrated PE film winding device, rainproof and moldproof shelf life extended to 18 months.

Irrigation Equipment – Optimizing Water Management

Scientific irrigation is the core of high yield and sustainable development of agriculture, but the traditional irrigation methods are generally wasteful of water resources, high energy consumption, poor terrain adaptability and other pain points, resulting in China’s agricultural water utilization rate of less than 55%, the average yield fluctuations of more than 30% per mu.Through the integration of intelligent irrigation technology and agronomy, MINNUO has launched a full-scenario solution covering the large fields, facility agriculture and hilly and mountainous terrain to redefine the modern irrigation standard of “millimeter-level precision, cubic meter-level water saving”.

Possible problems: traditional drip irrigation belt due to sediment/algae clogging, use 3 months after the flow decay rate of more than 40%, manual flushing time-consuming and labor-intensive (daily average of 2 hours/100 mu), drip irrigation uniformity from 90% plummeted to 60%.

MINNUO Solution:

Four-stage filtration system (MN-D series): using “centrifugal + mesh + laminated + magnetization” combination of filtration, can intercept ≥ 200 mesh impurities, suitable for the Yellow River water and other high sand content water sources.

Self-cleaning drip irrigation tapes: nano-coating on the inner wall of the flow channel and turbulence design increase the anti-clogging performance by 3 times and extend the service life to 5 years.

Intelligent backwashing system: pressure sensor triggers automatic backwashing, reducing the amount of flushing water by 70% and reducing the maintenance frequency from once a week to once a month.

Wagons and Trailers – Farm Transport Solutions

Efficient farm logistics is the lifeblood of agricultural revenue, but traditional means of transportation often lead to soaring transportation costs and damage to the quality of agricultural products due to high loss of goods, poor terrain adaptability, low loading and unloading efficiency, etc. MINNUO, through intelligent design and engineering innovation, has launched a full range of transportation equipment covering bulk grains, heavy machinery and viscous materials, which redefines the standard of modern farm logistics, including “Zero loss, all-terrain, minute”.

Possible problems: the traditional iron grain trailer unloading residual rate of more than 5%, residual grain mold in the high temperature and high humidity environment, resulting in aflatoxin exceeding the standard, the entire grain was rejected, single loss of more than 10,000 yuan; manual cleaning time consuming 2 hours / car, inefficient.

MINNUO Solution:

Food-grade resin-coated cargo bins (MN-GT series): the coefficient of friction of the inner wall is reduced to 0.12, combined with the high-pressure pneumatic cleaning system, the residue rate is <0.3%, which is in line with the hygiene standards of grain storage.

Intelligent temperature and humidity monitoring: real-time monitoring of the state of the grain pile, humidity exceeding the threshold automatically starts the axial fan (300m³/h), reducing the risk of mold and mildew by 90%.

55°inclination hydraulic self-unloading: 40 tons of grain unloading is completed in 10 minutes, the efficiency is increased by 200% compared with the traditional trailer.

Conclusion

Modern agricultural machinery dramatically enhances farming efficiency, quality, and sustainability. MINNUO’s range of tractors, harvesters, seeders, and other equipment empowers farmers with dependable solutions tailored to various farming needs. Investing in reliable equipment not only boosts productivity but ensures long-term profitability and sustainability in farming operations.