In farm machinery and planting equipment, seed placement methods are classified as:
Drilling: Dropping seeds in a continuous, unbroken stream in furrows at uniform row-to-row spacing and covering them with soil (e.g., conventional seed drill).
Dibbling: Placing seeds into individual holes or pits made at precise, regular spacings along and between rows.
Hill dropping: Dropping a predetermined group/cluster of seeds at fixed distances along the row.
Broadcasting: Random scattering of seeds manually or mechanically over the soil surface.
कृषि मशीनरी में, कतार में बने कूड़ (furrow) में एक निरंतर प्रवाह (continuous flow) में बीज गिराकर उन्हें मिट्टी से ढकने की विधि को ड्रिलिंग (Drilling) कहा जाता है।