Editing Tractor (section)

=== Farm ===
[[File:JDTractor chisel-plough.jpg|thumb|left|A modern [[Deere & Company|John Deere]] 8110 Farm Tractor plowing a field using a [[chisel plow]]]]
[[File:Farmer and tractor tilling soil.jpg|thumb|A tractor pulling a tiller]]

The most common use of the term "tractor" is for the [[vehicle]]s used on [[farm]]s. The farm tractor is used for pulling or pushing [[agriculture|agricultural]] machinery or [[Trailer (vehicle)|trailer]]s, for [[plow]]ing, tilling, disking, harrowing, planting, and similar tasks.

[[File:TractorPoweringWaterpump.jpg|thumb|A farm tractor used to power a [[pump]] for [[irrigating]] a plot of land]]

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 mowers|lawn tractor]]s designed for suburban and semirural gardening and landscape maintenance are produced in a variety of configurations, and also find numerous uses on a farmstead.

[[File:Ueberladewagen (jha).jpg|thumb|right|A tractor with an [[auger wagon]]]]

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 [[Jackhammer|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.

==== Precision ====
[[Space technology]] has been incorporated into [[agriculture]] in the form of [[GPS]] devices, and robust on-board [[computers]] installed as optional features on farm tractors. These technologies are used in modern, [[precision farming]] techniques. The [[Government spin-off|spin-off]]s from the [[space race]] have actually facilitated [[automation]] in plowing and the use of autosteer systems ([[Unmanned ground vehicle|drone]] on tractors that are manned but only steered at the end of a row), the idea being to neither overlap and use more fuel nor leave streaks when performing jobs such as [[Agriculture|cultivating]]. Several tractor companies have also been working on producing a [[driverless tractor]].