One of the most important cereals which is consumed in India is rice. Rice grows in very wet fields. Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal are leading producers of rice.  Over the years, owing to larger bellies to feed, the growth of paddy fields has been mechanised. With tractors and transplanters, the work of the farmers is being reduced. The rice transplanters are a great relief to the farmers as they help in transplanting the seeds of the plant into the wet fields.

Since, the process of sowing seeds was the most tedious of all jobs, so indeed this new technical innovation has helped the farmers a lot. These rice transplanters are mainly of two types. The walking type is the first type. This involves the transplanting of seeds via the manual process. All the more, at a single time, the walking type rice transplanter can sow seeds in 4 rows simultaneously. This transplanter needs to be manually driven. They are in high demand since they can be used even in the limited stretches of the field. Furthermore, they are purchased at a great cost; absolutely reasonable for the farmers.

On the other hand, the second type of rice transplanters is the running type. As the name suggests, these transplanters are very fast. At a time, they can sow seeds in 6 rows simultaneously. Unlike the previous type, this transplanter is a power driven one. This particularly helps in saving loads of time and also minimises the expenses. Well, here in, with great care, we have listed a variety of rice transplanters found in India.

The most popular 4 kinds of rice transplanters in India

Yanmar AP 6

To take over the most hectic of all agriculture related tasks, this transplanter is just the best. They help in the process of transplanting and hence, the seeding of rice. To carry out the tasks with ease, this rice transplanter has a high engine strength of 171 cc. The engine is quite bulky and has the stored energy to produce 3000 engine rated RPM. However, though the engine is quite hefty, it does not consume fuel too much. It is extremely economical regarding the fuel usage.

The engine uses at max only 4 litres of fuel to run. The work efficiency of this transplanter is also equally great. It consists of 300 transplanting widths which helps to transplant the rice seeds to 6 rows at a single time. All the more, to extend more support and grip to the user of the transplanter, this machine comes gladly with a rubber flanged tire.  This machine stands out to be one of the finest choices of the farmers owing to their reasonable price.

Khedut Rice transplanter Riding type

This transplanter conveys a lot more efficiency than the previous one, Yanmar AP 6. At a time, this transplant can sow seeds in 8 rows simultaneously. It helps to lessen the work load and the associated stress of the farmers by allowing regular seeding. In a way, by allowing proper time to time seeding, the farmers are also guaranteed regular planting.

Since, this machine has a high efficiency rate, so the diesel engine of this transplanter comes with a cooling system. All the more, this transplanter also has a working transplanting width of 220 mm. All the more, with the energy in the tank, it has the potential to produce 2600 engine rated RPM. This machine also stays much in demand since it can produce a variety of works within a very compact price.

Yanmar AP 4

This rice transplanter contains a large engine with a capacity of 171 cc. The best feature of this rice transplanter is that it contains a combination of speed travelling sections to lessen the work load. This machine contains 2 forward speed and 1 reverse speed shifting travelling sections. The efficiency of transplanting seeds is equally high in this machine. At a time, it can transplant 4 rows of field.   This machine is not automated, it needs to be driven manually. To help in the process of manual working, this machine contains a engine with a fuel capacity of 4 litres.

Yanmar VP8DN

transplanter can go ahead to sow seeds in 8 rows at a time. These rows can also be 300 distances between each row. The fuel tank of this transplanter is gigantic. It has the capacity of 37 litres. All the more, owing to its heavy work, this machine is also provided with 3 cooling cylinders. Unlike the Khedut Rice transplanter Riding type which have air cooled cylinders, this machine has water cooled cylinders. The total engine capacity of the transplanter is around 903 cc. In addition to all these great features, this machine also provides a 4 cycle diesel engine.