Abstract:
Method of and apparatus/machine for use in the preparation of a raised and shaped crop receiving bed/ridge formation characterised by a first section (2) incorporating means for tilling soil as to form an elongate raised bed/ridge for a crop along a predetermined direction of a field, and by a second section (3) operationally positioned downstream of the first section (2) incorporating means for shaping the raised bed/ridge (26, 32) thereby to produce a raised bed/ridge with a predetermined profile, the arrangement being such that the apparatus/machine is able to both produce and shape the raised bed/ridge during a single pass of the machine across a field.