Mechanised agriculture

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Mechanized agriculture is the process of using agricultural machinery in order to massively increase output. In modern times, powered machinery has replaced many jobs formerly carried out by men or beasts such as horses, donkeys or oxen.

The history of agriculture contains many examples of tool use, but only in recent time has the high rate of machine use been at such a level.

The first mechanized agricultural tool, in with most of its power did not come from human muscles, was the plough, which was powered by animals. It was invented in the ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.

It was the only mechanized process in agriculture for thousands of years, until the agricultural and industrial revolution. With the exception of the ancient Roman harvesting machines invented in the late republic to harvest the vast states of Gaul, these machines were powered by oxen. Others machines with were used by the ancients was the Punic cart and the Greek sledge, both were primitive threshing machines.

Current mechanized agriculture includes the use of airplanes, helicopters, trucks and tractors, among other vehicles.