The workflow
flowchart LR
A[Operation need<br/>tillage/sowing/spray/harvest] --> B{Scale}
B -->|Small| C[Power weeder /<br/>mini-tiller]
B -->|Medium| D[Tractor + matched<br/>implement]
B -->|Custom hire| E[Co-op or<br/>app-based hiring]
C --> F[Subsidy schemes<br/>SMAM, CHC]
D --> F
E --> F
F --> G[Cost-per-acre<br/>down 30-50%]
Custom hiring centres + subsidy are the unlock for small farmers.
Key takeaways
Videos (61)
Made a paddy bund-cutting machine for Rs 8,000 | Paddy Bunding Machine | Rythu Badi
A Telugu farmer built a DIY paddy bund-shaping attachment for about Rs 8,000 to replace manual gattu work.
Growing cotton with American-brand power weeder | Cub Cadet Weeder | Rythu Badi
A Cub Cadet FT 550 5.5 hp power weeder at Rs 57k replaces rented bullock pairs for cotton row work, saving about Rs 1,200-1,500 per acre per pass.
Fitted slim tyres on my mini-tractor | Slim Tyres | Rythu Badi
Swapping a mini-tractor's stock tyres for slim ones lets a Telugu farmer move between crop rows without crushing plants.
These are Wolf Garten tools, 100-year German company made in Germany | Rythu Badi
Wolf Garten, a century-old German tool maker, is being introduced to Telugu farmers as a premium aluminium gardening tool option.
Selling petrol and battery drone sprayers | RythuBadi
A Telugu dealer offers both petrol and battery drone sprayers along with after-sales service to farmers exploring drone-based spraying.
Drone that broadcasts a full bag of fertiliser | 30 Litre Drone Sprayer
A new 30L/50kg payload drone broadcasts a full urea bag in two-six minutes over 20-metre swathes and is sold for commercial spraying-rental services.
Portable sprayer — no carrying, very easy | Portable Sprayer | Rythu Badi
A Rs 14k Honda-type portable petrol sprayer with 100m hose lets a husband-wife pair finish 10 acres before noon at a fraction of labour cost, replacing 4-worker knapsack spraying.
Farmer built a sesame harvesting machine for Rs 8 lakh
A Telugu farmer engineered his own Rs 8 lakh sesame-harvesting machine after manual sesame cutting became unviable due to labour shortages.
Disc Rotovator — ploughs fast and deep | Disc Rotovator
A new disc-rotovator implement is being shown to Telugu farmers as a faster and deeper alternative to the conventional rotovator for tough field conditions.
We have been selling Drone Sprayers for 2 years
A two-year-old dealership profile selling spraying drones to farmers.
STIHL spraying blower cost & details? Mist blower price
STIHL SR450 mist blower with 14-litre tank is showcased as a labour-saving spraying option for farmers.
This machine powders coconut fronds | Tractor Shredder
A tractor PTO shredder converts coconut palm waste into ready-to-use mulch in the field.
Medium-size tractor cage wheels | My workload dropped a lot
Bolt-on medium-size cage wheels cut a farmer's puddling workload in paddy fields significantly.
Drone spraying is my job | Drone Operator
A custom drone-spraying operator earns by spraying farms on demand with battery-swap turnaround.
I run a drone sprayer for hire
A custom-hire drone sprayer business demonstrates how individual operators can monetise drone spraying services.
Compact model chaff cutters testing, prices?
For 10-50 head herds, single-phase 3 HP 4-blade chaff cutters at Rs 22,000-25,000 cut 600-2000 kg fodder/hr to adjustable half-inch lengths.
Paddy stubble machine.. tractor slasher in use for 5 years
A Rs 50,000 tractor-mounted paddy reaper-slasher clears one acre of combine stubble in 30 minutes, eliminating burning and easing follow-up tillage.
I Installed Solar Fencing Against Monkeys
Solar fencing from DB Solar Industries lets forest-edge Medak farmers grow mixed vegetables without monkey or wild boar damage.
Selling Agriculture Machinery for 10 Years
Mahalakshmi Agro Industries supplies engines, spare parts and cutting equipment to farmers across the region.
I Installed a CCTV Camera at the Farm
Solar CCTV camera with siren and 2-way speaker at Rs 9,000 protects farms from theft and pump-stealers without any wiring.
I Got a Ridger Plough Made
Profile of custom ridger-plough fabrication, but transcript captures no extractable detail.
This Drone Spreads a Sack of Fertilizer in 5 Minutes
Profile of a 5-minute-per-bag fertilizer drone, but transcript captures no extractable detail.
Cutting Weeds with American Brand CubCadet Trimmer
Profile of CubCadet weed trimmer use, but transcript captures no extractable detail.
We Spent Rs 20 Lakh on a Hydraulic Vehicle for Orchard Drone Spraying
Nalgonda lemon farmer built a Rs 20 lakh Bolero+hydraulic-lift drone spraying rig that covers 30-40 trees per 10-litre fill at Rs 600/tank service rate.
Using This Roto Puddler for Two Seasons | SNK & Co
Bull Agro 8-ft Roto Puddler (Rs 1.35 lakh) with C-type blades completes paddy puddling in 2 passes vs rotovator's 3-4 passes and saves diesel.
Tied 30,000 hay bales in a year with a Scale-Less Baler
A Bull Agro scale-less baler at Rs 3.25 lakh recoups its cost in a single year by tying ~30,000 bales at Rs 30 each and avoiding the hand-injury and jamming losses of older string balers.
This puddler is good for puddling | Roto Puddler
An 8 ft 60-blade roto puddler at Rs 1.25 lakh chops stubble and levels paddy fields in one pass, cutting diesel and tractor strain versus a heavier rotavator.
GX35, 139F Power Sprayers Price, Details | SNK & Co
SNK & Co sells Honda GX35 powered Kisan Samrat 4-stroke sprayers at Rs 10,000 with brass pumps, 6-month warranty, and dual-gun setup suitable for cotton through groundnut.
I bought a new model tractor sprayer
A Rs 85,000 PTO-driven 500 L tractor sprayer with auto-hose-rewind and gearbox wipers replaces battery wipers that fail in rain and lets one driver plus two helpers spray 10-15 tanks daily.
Machine to clear stony land | Stone Picker
A Madhya Pradesh import stone picker at Rs 10 lakh and Rs 2,500/hour hire makes stony Prakasam land plantable for date palms, rotavators, and irrigated horticulture for the first time in generations.
I am operating a banana mulcher | Rythu Badi
A 3-stage banana mulching service for Rs 16,000/acre solves labour scarcity, finishes in days vs weeks, and returns 25-30 tonnes of organic matter per acre to the soil.
2-Stroke Power Sprayer with Japan Walbro Carburetor
FieldKing Rotovator.. Performance, Price, Diesel & Hire?
Puddling Mud Fields with 8 Ft Roto Puddler
Tractor-Drawn Groundnut Seed Drill Makes Sowing Easy and Fast
Agriculture Drones & Batteries
Latest lithium upgrades push agri-drone battery range from 2 to 5 tanks per charge, dramatically improving the per-acre economics at 1 acre/3 minutes spraying speed.
100 Types of Agri Equipment Company - SNK & Co
Kalvakurthy's SNK & Co provides full-stack 20-60 HP tractor implement coverage with warranty-backed multiple brands and finance, anchoring as the Telangana implement distribution hub.
Sprayers for Small and Large Tractors
Chetak 2-in-1 vyper-plus-auto-roller tractor sprayer at Rs 85-92K with gear-drive system is the current Telangana market favorite for paddy + cotton + chilli farms.
I started an Agriculture Machinery (KisanZone) business
A farmer-led ag-machinery retail (KisanZone) franchise is being promoted as a rural mechanisation channel.
Details of various agricultural drone sprayers
Agri-drone choice for Telugu farmers ranges Rs.X6 10 L hexa for smallholders to 30 L X8 octa for commercial sprayers, with resale at only ~50%.
Running two paddy harvesters for the last three years
Two 75 HP 4WD combine harvesters can sustain a 3-year paddy-harvesting rental business when run 5–6 hours daily in season.
Bull Agro baler manufacturing | Types of hay-baler machines
Bull Agro’s scaleless baler design protects farmer hands and is now the company’s flagship product alongside 40+ rotavator models.
Castor thresher machine: working and price
A tractor-PTO castor thresher priced around Rs 1.3 lakh can clean 10-12 bags per hour at Rs 1,500/hour custom-hire rates, drastically cutting manual labour.
30 types of agricultural sprayers
SNK & Co at Kalvakurthi stocks 30+ sprayer models from 1L hand misters at Rs 800 to engine-driven HTP units at Rs 13,000, with finance available above Rs 7,000.
Hundreds of farm machines at SNK & Co
SNK & Co at Kalvakurthi is a one-stop agri-machinery mall with 200+ products from 50+ Indian and international brands, with on-the-spot finance above Rs 7,000.
AC cabin paddy harvester (GAM)
A Rs 27 lakh GAM AC-cabin harvester increases daily operating hours from 8 to 13 because drivers stay comfortable, recovering the Rs 3 lakh AC premium quickly.
Using KC1000 power weeder for a year, working well
A Rs 45,000 7-HP four-stroke power weeder is replacing manual weeding in dragon fruit and similar orchard rows in this region.
Test run of new agri-drone batteries
A new single-pack drone battery sprays 5 acres on one charge versus 2 acres for legacy batteries, cutting battery cost and swap downtime by half.
Hand push seeder that sows 19 types of seeds
A Rs 6,500 hand-push seeder with 19 swappable wheels lets one labourer seed 2-4 acres a day, solving the kharif labour shortage at the most time-critical sowing window.
Using drone sprayer in lemon orchard
A Rs 5 lakh drone sprayer cut Vamshi's per-round labour from 4 to 2 men and chemical use by 25-30% while covering his 12-acre lemon orchard in 2 hours every fortnight.
Paid Rs 4,000 per acre for machine paddy transplanting
Custom-hire mechanical paddy transplanters at Rs 4,000/acre are replacing 8-10 manual labourers and cutting kharif transplanting bottlenecks.
This Small Mic Is Useful for Us Farmers | Hand Mic in Agriculture | Rythu Badi
A Rs 700 record-and-replay handmic scares seed-eating birds and pays for itself in 2 days of saved bird-scaring labour.
Using 4-Stroke Sprayer | Kisan Choice 139F
Kisan Choice Ultra 139F 4-stroke sprayer at Rs 12,500 halves spray time on 2 acres versus 2-stroke models.
Sowing With This Seed Drill for 5 Years | Seed Drill | Rythu Badi
Tractor seed drill gives 5 years of consistent uniform sowing and labour savings versus broadcast or hand-sowing.
Operating 4 Agriculture Drone Sprayers: Ramesh Story
A 4-drone agricultural spray service can clear 6,000+ acres at Rs 500/acre, recovering Rs 9 lakh investment in the first season.
Using Auto Starter for My Motor | Sinagro India
Sinagro Rs 6,500 GSM motor starter enables remote control plus auto-protection from voltage fluctuations.
Battery Sprayer Types and Prices — Kisan Choice
Choose battery sprayers by actual battery weight rather than printed Ah rating, and run them at least weekly to prevent the battery dying.
20-Litre Agriculture Drone Sprayer
Custom-hire drone spraying with a 20L X9 unit lets a single operator cover 40-65 acres a day and recover the Rs 6 lakh investment in one season.
Three Hand Push Seeders in Use — Easier Sowing
A Rs 6,500 hand-push seeder with interchangeable wheels lets one person sow two acres of maize, gourds or okra a day versus four hand-sowers.
Jowar Thresher Machine in Action
A Rs 2.2 lakh SNK jowar thresher displaces 10 labourers and finishes a half-acre's worth of jowar threshing in 20 minutes at Rs 1,500/hour custom-hire.
Drone Spraying for All Crops
Drone spraying cuts pesticide cost by half and lets a farmer treat 10 acres per hour with just 100-120 ml chemical per acre of misted application.