Iseki is a Japanese agricultural machinery manufacturing company that aims to modernize Japanese agriculture. Its rice harvesting machine is the perfect example of how grain harvesting has evolved ...

THE Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) is championing the use of mechanical rice ...

Smallholder farmers are the backbone of local rice production in Ghana. They produce more than 50% of the total, writes Selorm Yaotse Dorvlo of the University of Ghana. Rice has become a big part of ...

MWEA, KENYA: Mechanisation of rice farming at Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kirinyaga County is now a reality though in small scale. The mini combine harvesters introduced in the expansive scheme a year ...

During the harvest season in late July, one of the drivers operating the agricultural machinery stood out from all the others hard at work in the rice fields of Mayang Miao autonomous county in Hunan ...

Calbiga farmers’ days of backbreaking toil under the scorching sun could be coming to an end. The burdensome tasks of planting, harvesting, and hauling that could take weeks can now be completed in ...

In the unlikely event that you successfully grow and harvest rice in New York City, a much larger challenge awaits: How do you remove the hard shell, called a hull or husk, that surrounds each grain?

The autumn 2017 rice harvest blended ancient and modern methods. Rice typically is grown in hot, humid areas. Yet, a Marquette University researcher has successfully cultivated a small crop on the ...

Each autumn, farmer Amandeep Singh has just a few days to prepare his fields for the next crop. He must clear stubble left over from the rice harvest, before planting wheat, which grows over winter.