# Current Status and Future Directions for Combined Tillage and Sowing Technology and Equipment
## 6 Conclusions and Future Prospects  
The development of combined tillage and sowing machines is advancing at an extremely rapid pace. It is focused on enhancing operational efficiency, minimizing power consumption, promoting intelligent interaction, and expanding functional capabilities. This development is primarily driven by technological innovation, material optimization, and mechanism analysis to ensure efficient and stable operations that are conducive to intelligent and precise production. Seeded preparation and precision sowing technologies, as the key technologies of combined tillage and sowing machines, directly affect the operation quality of such machines. To continuously improve the performance of the equipment, the innovation and optimization of seedbed preparation and precision sowing technology should be continuously promoted. It is necessary not only to address the difficulties and solve the problems of the existing relevant technologies, but also to continuously improve and innovate the structural forms and key parameters in combination with usage scenarios, target crops, and specific functions, in order to achieve stable and efficient operations in multiple links and promote the organic integration of relevant technologies in combined tillage and sowing machines, realizing high-level combined tillage and sowing operations. To elevate combined soil preparation and seeding technology and develop high-quality production equipment, the following development proposals are presented through the analysis of the progressing trend of agricultural mechanization, in combination with the advancement of key technologies and the level of scientific and technological innovation. (1) The design of combined tillage and sowing machines presents greater complexity than that of conventional planters, attributable to the substantial weight of the implements and the high power demand. To address this, it is imperative that we simplify their overall structure while meeting operational requisites, integrate novel materials, and subsequently achieve a streamlined and lightweight design to implement. This approach will mitigate usage costs, minimize power consumption, and enhance production efficiency. (2) The targeted research and development of essential components for various agricultural production sectors, the customization of operational mechanisms, and the enhancement of tool performance are crucial. Additionally, a comprehensive study of the interactions between operational components, their mutual influences, and the establishment of theoretical principles is necessary. This can be supplemented by the design of supplementary production equipment to improve component collaboration, ensuring the efficiency and stability of combined tillage and sowing machines. (3) The mechanistic research of seedbed preparation technology and precision sowing technology should be comprehensively promoted. Methods should be employed such as structural innovation, mode innovation, and material innovation to address the shortcomings and deficiencies of related equipment and reduce the application difficulties of key technologies. Promote the combined tillage and sowing machine to become a comprehensive soil tillage management platform and enable it to achieve precise and reliable seeding operations. (4) The diverse and multifunctional characteristics of the combined tillage and sowning machine can be leveraged to standardize and modularize the equipment. Different operation devices with various functions can be combined and configured to select the optimal cultivation and sowing plan based on different agronomic requirements through standardizing and modularizing key components. This facilitates rapid adaptation to diverse environments. The objective is to continuously enhance the applicability of the combined tillage and sowing machine, enabling its versatile use.