swathers
Hay windrow machines
Swathers are machines that cut and arrange crops into windrows—long rows of cut grain or hay left to dry before baling or combining.
The term also refers to the people who operate these machines.
A swather cuts the crop and lays it in neat rows, allowing it to cure in the field: The swathers worked through the night to beat the rain.
Crop-rowing machine
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- harvesterCrop-collecting machine
- balerBundle-making farm machine
- reaperOne who gathers crops
binder · tractor · header · reel · self-propelled · draper · auger · hydraulic
windrower
Crop-rowing machine
reaper · binder · tractor · header · reel · self-propelled · draper · auger · hydraulic · cab
hay
Dried feed crop
barley · oats · rye · clover · timothy · grass · forage · cereals · oilseed · legumes
cutting
Dividing via sharp edge
- mowingTrimming grass short
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- rakingDragging tines across ground
drying · curing · laying · merging · crimping · tedding · ground speed · overlap · turning · adjustment
swathersbalers
Crop-bundling equipment
combines · combine harvesters · hay balers · collectors · threshers
- cut a swatheMove forcefully, leaving mark
- cut a wide swatheHave far-reaching influence
- cut swathesMow in broad strips