Harvesting Collection (#74)

Cart with newly harvested flower-rich hay, in old village, Brod, Slovenia, june

Mowing second cut grass with front and rear mounted mower conditioners on Fendt tractor, Cumbria, England, september

Big round bales of straw in stubble field, with Massey Ferguson tractor and baler, Cumbria, England, september

View of vineyard on wine estate, rows of grape vines being harvested by workers, Bernkastel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Plastic being wrapped around silage bale, wrapped by mechanical bale-wrapper in meadow, Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire, England, september

Silage crop, grass rowed ready for forage harvesting, Chipping, Lancashire, England, september

Old-fashioned traditional farming, with hay cart, maize stooks and cattle, near Garda de Sus, Apuseni Mountains, Transylvania, Romania, october

Zetor Proxima 75 tractor with flat eight bale system, baling in traditional hay meadow, with strip of unmown grass around meadow edge to help encourage wildlife, Upper Teesdale, County Durham

Reed cutting, bundles of cut reed in reedcutters yard, Hortobagy N. P. Great Plain, Eastern Hungary, october
Reed cutting, bundles of cut reed in reedcutters yard, Hortobagy N.P. Great Plain, Eastern Hungary, october

Licensed cockle pickers with quad bike in inflatable boat, unloading after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Maize (Zea mays) Duo crop, soil in field cut up during harvest because of wet conditions, Krone forage harvester cutting and loading trailer, Winmarleigh, Preston, Lancashire, England, october

Maize (Zea mays) Duo crop, close-up of Krone forage harvester spout loading trailer, Winmarleigh, Preston, Lancashire, England, october

Licensed cockle pickers vehicles on shore during picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Barley (Hordeum vulgare) crop, farmer holding handful of harvested seed, England, july

Licensed cockle pickers unloading and weighing cockles after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Pile of harvested cereal grain drying near village, Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Castile and Leon, Northern Spain, july

Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) crop, workers loading cut stems onto lorry, Theni, Tamil Nadu, India

Wheat (Triticum aestivum) crop, combine harvester harvesting field, farmland with wide field margin and sunflowers, Lincolnshire, England, august

Lavender (Lavandula sp. ) crop, flowering in field, being harvested by Cls Jaguar harvester with Clier header
Lavender (Lavandula sp.) crop, flowering in field, being harvested by Cls Jaguar harvester with Clier header, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, june

Potato (Solanum tuberosum) new potatoes, tubers passing over riddle for sorting before bagging, East Lancashire, England, july

Rice (Oryza sativa) crop, woman farmer cutting rice with scythe, Angkor, Siem Riep, Cambodia

Licensed cockle pickers unloading bags from boats after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Licensed cockle picker holding cockles in hands after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Wheat (Triticum aestivum) crop, farm workers clamping forage harvested whole-crop wheat for feeding dairy cows, near Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, august

Licensed cockle pickers landing boat and unloading after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Bags of harvested cockles after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Carrot (Daucus carota) crop, workers sorting harvested roots, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India

Potato (Solanum tuberosum) crop, loading harvested tubers on trailer ready for sorting, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, march

White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) flock, feeding in harvested barley field, attracted to insects disturbed by combine harvester during harvest, Northern Spain, july

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) flock, feeding, following combine harvester harvesting rice crop, Extremadura, Spain, september

Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) four adults, in flight, feeding over barley field, attracted to insects disturbed by combine harvester during harvest, Northern Spain, july

Allegorical seasons. Historical artwork of cherubs as allegorical representations of the seasons. From left to right they are: Summer, Spring, Autumn, and Winter

Ant with fungus, SEM
Ant with fungus. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a leaf-cutter ant (Atta sexdens) with a piece of fungus. This ant cuts leaves from foliage

Solar panel at the ECO Centre, Wales
Solar panel at the ECO Centre, Newport, Wales, UK. The ECO Centre is a public education centre designed to promote environmental issues connected with energy use

Harvesting cotton sprouted in space
Harvesting cotton which has been sprouted in space, Russia, 1986. Scientists are interested in the ability of plants to grow in a weightless environment

Closed ecosystem space research
Harvesting crops in a self-sufficient ecosystem. In order to make interstellar space travel possible, it will be necessary, due to the large distances involved

Potatoes eaten by pests
Harvested organic potatoes (Solanum tuberosum Cherie ). These potatoes have been eaten by agricultural pests, such as rats or mice, while they were still in the ground

Commercial forestry. Machine being used to fell a tree

Workers harvesting common reeds (Phragmites australis)

Tea plantation. Women picking the leaves of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) on a tea plantation. They are carrying the collected crop in bags on their backs

Sugar cane harvest. Workers resting during the harvest of sugar cane (Saccharum sp.). Photographed in Yunnan Province, China

Rice harvest. Worker using a sickle to harvest rice (Oryza sativa). Photographed in Thailand

Hay bales being collected from the field. Photographed in France

Tractor cutting grass for silage

Harvesting wheat grain. Combine harvester unloading wheat (Triticum sp.) grain into a container for storage. Photographed in Victoria, Australia

Tree resin collection
Resin collection. Man collecting resin from a dragons blood tree (Dracaena cinnabari). The dragons blood tree is endemic to the Socotran archipelago of islands, meaning that it is found nowhere else

Potato harvest. Farmer holding a potato (Solanum tuberosum) from a crop of new potatoes

Cabbage harvest
MODEL RELEASED. Cabbage harvest. Man harvesting cabbages (Brassica oleracea) from his allotment. Cabbages are a good source of vitamins and minerals. Photographed in Madrid, Spain

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"Capturing the Essence of Harvesting: From John Deere to Pieter Bruegel" Harvesting, a timeless practice that connects generations and continents, encompasses various techniques and crops. In the vast fields of Wiltshire, England, a Ford tractor pulls a John Deere combine harvester through golden barley (Hordeum vulgare) crops. The rhythmic hum of machinery fills the air as the trailer behind it eagerly awaits its grain-filled bounty. Reflecting on history's depiction of harvesting, we are transported back to 1565 when Pieter Bruegel the Elder immortalized "The Harvesters. " This masterpiece captures peasants diligently working in harmony with nature's abundance. A stark contrast emerges as we envision horse-drawn harvesters laboriously reaping bountiful oysters from coastal shores. In F. C. Twort's painting titled "A Memory of a Hop Field, " nostalgia takes hold as memories intertwine with hop vines reaching for the sky. Across distant lands like Canada, posters proclaim that this is indeed "the right land for the right man, " inviting dreamers to embrace their agricultural aspirations. Suffolk becomes our next destination where modernity meets tradition; here, a combine harvester effortlessly gathers barley while Suffolk farmers witness their hard work come to fruition. Meanwhile, a cross-section view reveals intricate inner workings within an archaic steam thresher – an engineering marvel once relied upon by our ancestors. As time progresses into the early 20th century in Cornwall, three men meticulously construct a Cornish Mow – an emblematic structure symbolizing communal efforts during harvest season. However, mishaps were not uncommon; one photograph captures chaos ensuing when a threshing machine collides with a hayrick in St Stephen in Brannel around 1912. Evolution continues as technology advances further; today's scene showcases Cls forage harvester unloading into tractors equipped with trailers, producing alkalage from wholecrop cereals for animal feed.