'Transformers' help tend farmland

A machine sprays farmland in Taohai town, Wuyuan county, Bayannur, Inner Mongolia autonomous region on June 8. The machines are called "transformers" by local farmers because of their flexible design. The machines are run by the Xinguang Agricultural Machinery Cooperative and are part of a national pilot program run by the Ministry of Agriculture since 2013. The cooperative adopts the half-trusteed system and provides services such as plowing, flatting, raking, and sowing for over 267 hectares of local farmland. [Photo/nmgnews.com.cn]

A machine sprays farmland in Taohai town, Wuyuan county, Bayannur, Inner Mongolia autonomous region on June 8. The machines are called "transformers" by local farmers because of their flexible design. The machines are run by the Xinguang Agricultural Machinery Cooperative and are part of a national pilot program run by the Ministry of Agriculture since 2013. The cooperative adopts the half-trusteed system and provides services such as plowing, flatting, raking, and sowing for over 267 hectares of local farmland. [Photo/nmgnews.com.cn]

A machine sprays farmland in Taohai town, Wuyuan county, Bayannur, Inner Mongolia autonomous region on June 8. The machines are called "transformers" by local farmers because of their flexible design. The machines are run by the Xinguang Agricultural Machinery Cooperative and are part of a national pilot program run by the Ministry of Agriculture since 2013. The cooperative adopts the half-trusteed system and provides services such as plowing, flatting, raking, and sowing for over 267 hectares of local farmland. [Photo/nmgnews.com.cn]