Seed Drill

farming · invention · agriculture · technology

Plants seeds evenly. A seed drill spaces out seeds in straight lines and buries them all at the same depth, so every plant gets equal room to grow and the same amount of soil on top.

Pulled by tractors. Modern seed drills are towed behind tractors that provide the power to move the machine across fields and dig the furrows where seeds go.

Saves tons of time. Instead of farmers planting seeds by hand one at a time, a seed drill can plant hundreds of seeds in the time it used to take to plant just a few dozen.

Precision farming tool. Because seed drills put seeds at exact depths and distances apart, farmers get healthier, more uniform crops and can predict their harvests better.

Ancient meets modern. People invented the first seed drills hundreds of years ago, but today's versions use computers and sensors to make planting even more accurate.