windrowing
Arranging harvest lines
Windrowing is the agricultural practice of raking cut crops—hay, grain, or grass—into long narrow rows called windrows.
The rows allow the material to dry evenly before baling or collection.
The term extends to similar operations: windrowing leaves for pickup, windrowing snow to the roadside.
Combines and mowers often have windrowing attachments.
Wrapping in strips
- teddingSpreading hay to dry
- balerBundle-making farm machine
- rakeTined yard implement
- dryingMoisture removal process
curing · forage · alfalfa · clover · timothy · fescue · orchardgrass · brome
Wide strip or area
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- headerTop line of document
- reapingCutting crops for collection
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
harvester · cereal · wheat · barley · oats · canola · pickup · desiccation
Crop-cutting field machine
- draperTextile goods seller
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- augerSpiral hole-maker
- headerTop line of document
tractor · conditioner · pickup · hydrostatic · self-propelled · rotary · sickle · gauge
swathing
Wrapping in strips
drying · curing · forage · alfalfa · clover · timothy · fescue · orchardgrass · brome · hayfield
swath
Wide strip or area
threshing · harvester · cereal · wheat · barley · oats · canola · pickup · desiccation · ripening
swather
Crop-cutting field machine
header · tractor · conditioner · pickup · hydrostatic · self-propelled · rotary · sickle · gauge · wheels