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Cambridge IGCSE Agriculture

10.5Farm machinery

Farm machinery in Cambridge IGCSE Agriculture: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 10.5(a)Explain the advantages and disadvantages of farm mechanisation.
  2. 10.5(b)Describe the use and maintenance of the mouldboard plough, cultivator, harrow, planter and ridger (ox-, donkey- or tractor-drawn).

Lessons

  • Farm mechanisation: benefits, problems and choices

    30 min

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  • Tillage implements: the plough and other implements

    35 min

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Sample question

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Farm machinery: sample question

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Which is a disadvantage of using heavy tractors on wet soil?

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