The threshers are coming, the threshers are coming! Just what are, or were, the threshers? By definition, a thresher is a person who beats the husks and stems of a crop to separate the grain or seed ...

Maize, one of the world's most important crops, is extensively grown as a food crop. Its importance in food and livestock feed cannot be overemphasised. However, a problem comes during postharvest ...

Many farmers grow maize but cannot afford the cost of acquiring some of the imported threshing machines because of the cost and such farmers resort to manual means of threshing which results into low ...

Hisar: Indian Patent office has granted design patent to pedal operated maize shelling machine developed at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU). Vice-chancellor B R Kamboj ...

The evolution of agricultural machinery has been pivotal in transforming crop harvesting into a highly efficient, precision‐driven operation. Threshing technology, in particular, has advanced from ...

A recent research breakthrough by Chinese scientists allows for a reduction of around 7 percent in the moisture content of maize kernels at maturity, facilitating mechanical harvesting and threshing.

The most important time for any farmer to be present on the farm is at the time to plant and time to harvest. The harvest handling can either make or break the farmer. Maize farmers all over Kenya are ...