Each field, each crop and each farmer is unique. The technology applied to agriculture has been able to respond to all realities, with developments designed for each context.

However, specific situations force farmers and manufacturers to constantly rethink tools and their use.

That’s where creativity and ingenuity make the difference.

There are many cases of traditional machines adapted – homely or on demand – to face exceptional obstacles.

What follows is a collection of machines built with ingenuity, technology and need around the world.

In Mexico, farmers adapted a Massey Ferguson 165 tractor to spray crops in advanced states.

To achieve this, they mounted the tractor on a high clearance structure.

The machine was created at Rancho La Esperanza, located in the municipality of Zapopan, in the state of Jalisco.

In France, a farmer built a self-propelled baler.

To do so, he combined a Claas Dominator harvester (which he used as a base) with a round baler from the Italian brand Gallignani.

The experiment was done to be applied to the production of lavender bales.

In Netherlands people transform tractors into tricycles, to work in horticulture.

The innovation seeks to reduce soil compaction by placing the front wheels within the rear axle track.

Furthermore, it helps seed germination and crop harvesting, especially when working in very light soils.

An American farmer built a self-propelled cotton harvester, using a John Deere tractor and a Massey Ferguson large baler.

After combining the machines, he added a front comb collector with finger rollers, integrated to a double suction system.

In Australia, mobile grain silos are common to improve storage logistics.

It speeds up the download of harvesters and allows to sectorize the movement of grain to the trucks in a certain place of the field, in order to avoid compaction.

Among the different models, it is worth mentioning those that operate with an adjustable front hitch and those that have springs for lifting.

In the Czech Republic a farmer converted a Case Quadtrac tractor into a sprayer machine.

A hopper and an Amazone fertilizer unit were added to the tractor, resulting in a self-propelled unit of 620 HP.

It combined the power of a tractor and the functionality of a sprayer, in the same machine.

In the UK, a farmer designed a system to speed up the supply of seeders.

The producer mounted a hopper on a telescopic handler in order to refill his Horsch seeder.

The innovation makes it possible to speed up seed and fertilizer supply times, simplifying operations and reducing the demand for personnel.