page_title: Tractor
section_title: Farm tractor applications
hierarchical_section_title: Tractor / Applications and variations / Farm tractor applications
caption_attribution_description: English: A John Deere 8110 plowing a field using a chisel plow somewhere in the USA. The tractor is one of the more modern John Deere tractors, having been built in 2001. The tractor has a transmission that does not require the operator to depress the clutch when shifting gears. The cab is built for operator efficiency and comfort. The cab is climate controlled and has a radio with the AM/FM/Weather Radio bands. All of the main controls for the tractor are built into the right armrest, and are positioned so that the most important controls would be at the operator's fingertips. This photo was taken on my parents' farm by me in April of 2004.
context_page_description: A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture or construction. Most commonly, the term is used to describe a farm vehicle that provides the power and traction to mechanize agricultural tasks, especially tillage, but nowadays a great variety of tasks. Agricultural implements may be towed behind or mounted on the tractor, and the tractor may also provide a source of power if the implement is mechanised.
context_section_description: The most common use of the term "tractor" is for the vehicles used on farms. The farm tractor is used for pulling or pushing agricultural machinery or trailers, for plowing, tilling, disking, harrowing, planting, and similar tasks.
  A variety of specialty farm tractors have been developed for particular uses.  These include "row crop" tractors with adjustable tread width to allow the tractor to pass down rows of cereals, maize, tomatoes or other crops without crushing the plants, "wheatland" or "standard" tractors with fixed wheels and a lower center of gravity for plowing and other heavy field work for broadcast crops, and "high crop" tractors with adjustable tread and increased ground clearance, often used in the cultivation of cotton and other high-growing row crop plant operations, and "utility tractors", typically smaller tractors with a low center of gravity and short turning radius, used for general purposes around the farmstead. Many utility tractors are used for nonfarm grading, landscape maintenance and excavation purposes, particularly with loaders, backhoes, pallet forks and similar devices.  Small garden or lawn tractors designed for suburban and semirural gardening and landscape maintenance also exist in a variety of configurations.
  Some farm-type tractors are found elsewhere than on farms: with large universities' gardening departments, in public parks, or for highway workman use with blowtorch cylinders strapped to the sides and a pneumatic drill air compressor permanently fastened over the power take-off. These are often fitted with grass (turf) tyres which are less damaging to soft surfaces than agricultural tires.
caption: A modern John Deere 8110 Farm Tractor plowing a field using a chisel plow
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