Disciplines

Agricultural Engineering

Also Known As Biosystems engineering (the name many university departments now use)

Citation Formats

General Reference

Agriculture and Farming Atlas. "Agricultural Engineering." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/disciplines/agricultural-engineering.

APA Style

Agriculture and Farming Atlas. (n.d.). Agricultural Engineering. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/disciplines/agricultural-engineering

BibTeX

@misc{agricultureandfarmingatlas-agricultural-engineering,
  author = {Agriculture and Farming Atlas},
  title = {Agricultural Engineering},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/disciplines/agricultural-engineering},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The machines and systems side of farming: tractors, harvesters, irrigation works, grain storage and drainage. The engine as an engineering subject belongs to the Technology Atlas; this atlas keeps the machine as a farm implement and what it did to farm labor and yield.

Facts

Central Question

Agricultural engineering is the engineering discipline that studies agricultural production and processing, combining mechanical, civil, electrical, food science and chemical engineering with agricultural principles. 1

Cross-Tradition Connections