Agricultural Industry
More than 42% of the world's
population is employed in agriculture, making it by far the most common
occupation. Agriculture production is always an important economic
contributor to any economy. When we talk about the agriculture industry,
it means an industry which is confined to the art, science or practice
of producing food, feed, fiber and many other desired goods by the
proper raising of plants and animals. At the same time, it also denotes
a broad array of activities which are essential to food and material
production which includes a wide range of techniques for raising and
processing livestock, for crop planting and harvesting, nutrient
management. This industry depends heavily on engineering and technology
including the biological and physical sciences. There are various
closely related activities which as whole influences the agriculture
industry.
Rubber Products in Agriculture Industry
There are two varieties of rubber—natural rubber and synthetic
rubber. Natural rubber production is mainly involved in three major
areas—Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. In India, rubber production
is at the rate of 6% per annum. Infact, today India is considered as the
third largest producer of rubber in the world. Growing and processing
natural rubber is considered to be one of the most complex agricultural
industries. Natural rubber production combines botany, chemistry, and
sophisticated machinery with dexterous skills of the people who harvest
the trees. While natural rubber production is a part of the agricultural
industry, products made of synthetic rubber is used for various purposes
in the rubber industry. One of the most common rubber product used in
agricultural industry is rubber tire. Infact, rubber
tires account for 60-70% of all natural and synthetic rubber used. There
are agricultural tires used for various agricultural purposes. The farm
tractor, wagon, forklift, backhoe, loader, combines, grain carts, pivots
etc. run on rubber tires and these are used for a wide variety of
special services such as gardening, moving, municipal machines, terrain
vehicles, snow groomers, etc. The agricultural tires are designed with
unique properties that help them to operating on different soils
composition and moisture content.
Another rubber product used in agricultural industry is rubber
flooring for stalls and livestock which can take a lot of
abuse. Longevity and wear is the key in these applications. Made of a
combination of virgin polymers and post-consumer processed rubber, these
agricultural rubber mats offer the much sought after combination of
strength and softness. Besides these, there are rubber hoses
and pipes and belts used in the
agricultural industry.
Rubber Products in the Agricultural industry are as follows:
