Combine harvester (Claas) harvesting barley, Midford Valley, Somerset, England, pm

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The modern combine harvester, or simply combine, is a versatile machine designed to efficiently harvest a variety of grain crops. The name derives from its combining three separate harvesting operations - reaping, threshing, and winnowing - into a single process. Among the crops harvested with a combine are wheat, oats, rye, barley, corn, sorghum, soybeans, flax, sunflowers and canola. The separated straw, left lying on the field, comprises the stems and any remaining leaves of the crop with limited nutrients left in it: the straw is then either chopped, spread on the field and ploughed back in or baled for bedding and limited-feed for livestock

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Size: 2912px × 4368px
Location: Midford Valley, Somerset, England
Photo credit: © Matthew Davison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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