Merryn Thomas,Merryn Thomas / Tractor driving through Grape vines (Vitis vinifera), Knightor Winery vineyard, Roseland Peninusla, Cornwall, England, August 2012.

Laurie Hedges / Drone shot tracking over agriculutural landscape in Rondonia, once rainforest, Brazil, 2019.

Guy Edwardes / Lavender Harvest, Plateau de Valensole, Provence, France. July 2014

Pascal Tordeux / Tractor ploughing field, Pleine Selve, Picardy, France, October 2016.

Nick Turner / Combine harvester bringing in wheat harvest, Hawkesbury Upton, Gloucestershire, UK. September 2015.

Nick Upton / Royal Agricultural University students and gamekeeper Phil Holborrow planting a hedge in a groove cut by a tractor to provide cover for Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) and other farmland birds as part...

Pascal Tordeux / Combine harvester cutting crop, Etaples, Pas De Calais, France, July 2015.

Pascal Tordeux / Panoramic view of fields with combine harvester in the distance in Etaples, Pas De Calais, France, July 2015.

Brent Stephenson / Friesian-Jersey cross calves (Bos taurus) feeding from a mobile milk feeding machine, Ashley Clinton, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Fresian-Jersey cross calves (Bos taurus) feeding from a mobile milk feeding machine, Ashley Clinton, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Fresian-Jersey cross calves (Bos taurus) feeding from a mobile milk feeding machine, Ashley Clinton, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, September 2011, Model released.

Brent Stephenson / Fresian-Jersey cross calves (Bos taurus) running towards farmer owing a mobile milk feeding machine into the field, Ashley Clinton, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, September 2011. Model released.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Machine harvesting Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) Valensole Plateau, Alpes Haute Provence, France, July 2015.

Lynn M Stone / Large black australorp crowing, perched on rock by old, wooden plough, autumn, Higganum, Connecticut, USA.

Gary K. Smith / Tractor and trailer harvesting crop with Claas Lexion 420 combine harvester fitted with straw chopper, Norfolk, UK, August 2014.

Gary K. Smith / Claas Lexion 420 combine harvester fitted with straw chopper, Norfolk, UK, August 2014.

Gary K. Smith / Combine harvester in field of wheat. Gunthorpe, UK, August 2014.

Will Watson / Steam traction engines at Bromyard Gala, Herefordshire, England. July 2014.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Shelled Maize (Zea mays) corn pouring out of cleaning machine. Commercial maize farm, Tanzania, East Africa. September 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Workers collecting shelled Maize (Zea mays) corn pouring out of cleaning machine. Commercial maize farm, Tanzania, East Africa. September 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / A man shoveling Maize (Zea mays) corn into a pile after the corn has been shelled (removed from the cob) by a machine. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa. October 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Trailers of harvested Oranges (Citrus sp) on Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, South Africa. February 2014.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Halved Peaches (Prunus persica) transported by tractor, Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, Western Cape, South Africa. February 2014.

Alex Hyde / Rotary hay rake pulled by tractor, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. June 2014.

Alex Hyde / Rotary hay rake pulled by tractor, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. June 2014.

Nick Upton / Veterinarian Dewi Jones using an ultrasound scanner to look for a foetus inside a Holstein Friesian cow (Bos taurus) held in a crush, with the image projected onto goggles in front of his eyes, Wiltsh...

Nick Upton / Veterinarian Dewi Jones checking the image of a calf foetus on a screen recorded by an ultrasound scanner inside a Holstein Friesian cow (Bos taurus) held in a crush, Wiltshire, UK, September 2014. M...

Ernie Janes / Tractor ploughing near Weybourne with gulls (Laridae) following, Norfolk, East Anglia, England, UK, January.

Ingo Arndt / Migratory Locust (Locusta migratoria) pesticide equipment for control operation being prepared by FAO personnel, Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar

Ammonite / Close-up of a tractor spraying pesticide or fertiliser on a field, France, April.

Ammonite / Wide shot of a tractor spraying pesticide or fertiliser on a field, France, April.

Pal Hermansen / Man on combine harvester, at research farm growing several grain types, Vollebekk Experimental Farm, Agricultural University of As, Norway, September 2012

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Crop sprayer working in an arable field, Moor Crichel, Dorset, England, UK, May 2012.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Crop sprayer working in an arable field, Moor Crichel, Dorset, England, UK, May 2012.

Nick Upton / Common gulls (Larus canus) and Black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) following two tractors tilling a field, near Eyebrook reservoir, Uppingham, Rutland, UK, November.

Nick Upton / Common gulls (Larus canus) and Black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) following two tractors tilling a field, near Eyebrook reservoir, Uppingham, Rutland, UK, November.

Nick Upton / Common gulls (Larus canus) and Black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) following a tractor tilling a field, near Eyebrook reservoir, Uppingham, Rutland, UK, November.

Nick Upton / Common gulls (Larus canus) and Black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) following a tractor tilling a field, near Eyebrook reservoir, Uppingham, Rutland, UK, November.

Eric Baccega,Eric Baccega / Farmer working in a maize field with a vibro-cultivator. Modern agricultural practices have a detrimental effect on populations of Black-bellied hamsters (Cricetus cricetus) in a wheat field. Grussenh...

David Woodfall / Tractor traversing floods around Muchelney, during January 2014 flooding, Somerset Levels, England, UK, 11th January 2014.

David Woodfall / Tractor entering flooded farm drive during January 2014 flooding, Somerset Levels, England, UK, 10th January 2014.

Loic Poidevin / Agricultural tractor spreading manure, Breton Marsh, France, September.

Will Watson / Forage harvester cutting grass for silage on the Clun Hills, south Shropshire, England, UK, July 2013.

Will Watson / Forage harvester cutting grass for silage on the Clun Hills, south Shropshire, UK, July 2013.

Will Watson / Tractor on road with verge of flowering Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) and flowering cider apple trees in background, Herefordshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Mixed flock of Herring gulls (Larus argentatus) and Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) following a tractor ploughing a clifftop field with the sea in the background, Trebetherick, Cornwall, UK, April.

Ernie Janes / Seed drilling, Cley Norfolk, UK, April

Ernie Janes / Tractor ploughing cereal fields in dry conditions, East Runton, Norfolk, April 2013

Ernie Janes / Tulips (Tulipa) being deheaded by machine Swaffham, Norfolk, May

Ernie Janes / Tractor towing boat, on Cley beach, with stormy clouds, Norfolk, May 2013

Christophe Courteau / Harvesting Green lettuce algae from beach to use as agricultural fertiliser, France. Growth of algae cause by nitrate pollution in rivers from farming practices.

Christophe Courteau / Harvesting Green lettuce algae from beach to use as agricultural fertiliser, France

Christophe Courteau / Harvesting Green lettuce algae from beach to use as agricultural fertiliser, France

David Woodfall / Flooded agricultural land with building and soft track machine, in Talybont caused by 5'' rain in 2 days and subsequent bursting of banks of River Leri , June 10th 2012, Ceredigeon, Wales, UK

Richard Du Toit / Combine harvester working field, Western Cape, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Combine harvester in field, Western Cape, South Africa

Luciano Candisani / Mechanized farming equipment spraying water for cattle pasture, Brazil

Duncan Usher / Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris) harvesting machine, Denmark

Duncan Usher / Pesticides being sprayed on crop, Germany

Doug Allan / Snow plough positioning hut over ice hole for scuba diving, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica.

Solvin Zankl / Farmer cutting grass field containing Common poppies (Papaver rhoeas) and Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus). Bamberg, Germany. June.

Mike Read / Man in combine harvester harvesting Barley (Hordeum vulgare) on Myncen Farm. Cranborne Chase, Dorset, UK. August.

Mike Read / Man in combine harvester harvesting Barley (Hordeum vulgare) on Myncen Farm. Cranborne Chase, Dorset, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Prototype machine for Maize / Corn (Zea mays) single pass, interrow cultivation, spraying and fertilizing crop, Switzerland. May.

Roland Seitre / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) standing in wheat field close to a combine harvester as it harvests the wheat, France.

Nigel Cattlin / Tractor and large reversible coulter plough ploughing old grassland for replanting, Berkshire, UK. November.

David Tipling / Aerial view of a combine harvester, harvesting wheat a month earlier than usual due to drought caused by summer heatwave, Kettlestone, Norfolk. 29th July 2022.

David Tipling / Aerial view of a combine harvester, harvesting wheat a month earlier than usual due to drought caused by summer heatwave, Kettlestone, Norfolk. 29th July 2022.

Nigel Cattlin / New Holland combine harvest harvesting winter Barley (Hordeum vulgare) crop and discharging grain to a trailer, Berkshire, UK. July.

Nigel Cattlin / New Holland combine harvest harvesting winter Barley (Hordeum vulgare) crop, Berkshire, UK. July.

Shane Gross / Aerial view of combine harvester harvesting wheat, Saskatchewan, Canada. August

Juergen Freund / Sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum) harvest with combine harvester. Queensland, Australia. September 2016.

Guy Edwardes / Combine harvester transferring harvested cereal crop to trailer pulled by tractor. Maiden Castle, Dorset, England. August 2010.

Guy Edwardes / Combine harvester harvesting cereal crop, tractor and trailers in background. Maiden Castle, Dorset, England. August 2010.

Guy Edwardes / Combine harvester harvesting cereal crop, Poundbury in background. Maiden Castle, Dorset, England. August 2010.

Guy Edwardes / Combine harvester harvesting cereal crop. Maiden Castle, Dorset, England. August 2010.

Nigel Cattlin / Combine harvester harvesting dusty, dry ripe soybean crop on a clear fall day with blue sky, Louisiana, USA, October.

TJ Rich / Red kites (Milvus milvus) following the plough with Corvids (Corvus sp.) Pewsey Vale, Wiltshire, UK, May.

TJ Rich / Red kites (Milvus milvus) following the plough with corvids, Pewsey Vale, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Lorraine Bennery / Man ploughing rice field with cattle, Madagascar.

John Shaw / Combine harvesting wheat and unloading into hopper while both vehicles are moving, Washington, USA, August

John Shaw / Combines harvesting wheat in the Palouse farming region of southeastern Washingon, USA, August

John Shaw / Combine harvesting wheat, Washington, USA, August

John Shaw / Combine harvesting wheat, Washington, USA, August