After harvesting quinoa, farmers have to thresh the seedheads and winnow the seeds to remove the husk, South-Western Bolivia, South America

Rice threshing, Mui Ne, Bin Thuan, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Rice threshing, Mui Ne, Bin Thuan, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Boy threshing with oxen, Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Family threshing rice harvest using domestic cows treading, with goats and children nearby, Koraput district, Orissa (Odisha), India, Asia

Wife in pink sari, husband behind, driving three cows around pole to thresh harvested rice crop, Dhenkanal, Orissa (Odisha), India, Asia

Young men, itinerant workers, threshing rice sheaves against tin drums to release the rice, Gujarat, India, Asia

Farmer throwing wheat up in the air during threshing, Wollo Province, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, Africa

Man machine threshing rice by limestone rocks in karst area, Rammang-Rammang, Maros, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Women turning portable fan to assist man husking recently harvested rice on the roadside, Koraput district, Orissa (Odisha), India, Asia

Husband and wife threshing rice harvest by leaving it on the road for traffic to drive over, Koraput district, Orissa (Odisha), India, Asia

Man throwing wheat up in the air during threshing, Wollo Province, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, Africa

Man machine threshing rice by limestone rocks in karst area, Rammang-Rammang, Maros, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Lorry threshing rice harvest by driving over it, left there by husband and wife, Koraput district, Orissa (Odisha), India, Asia

Communal village cattle threshing rice by walking on it in Saura tribal village, rural Orissa, India, Asia

Rice harvest, indonesia. Bali

Boy threshing with oxen, Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Threshing freshly harvested rice in a small terraced paddy field near Oita, Kyushu, Japan, Asia

Combine harvester in a wheat field, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom

Farmers harvest and thresh by hand in rice paddy fields, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Africa

Farmers remove grains of rice using a manually powered threshing machine in Paro District, Bhutan, Asia

Woman winnowing rice, Lang Son, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman winnowing rice, Lang Son, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Combine harvester in a wheat field, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom

Combine harvester in a wheat field, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom

Rice workers feed their freshly harvested rice into a threshing machine, Lang Son, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Farm workers, road to Pindaya, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Boys threshing with oxen, Bamiyan, Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Threshing with oxen, Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Rice threshing, Kep, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Threshing wheat at Racchi, Cuzco area, High Andes, Peru, South America

Rice being cut and threshed, Guizhou province, China, Asia

India - farming: threshing rice, andhra pradesh

India threshing and crushing finger millet harvest, krishnapura village, kolar district, karnataka

India threshing and crushing finger millet harvest, krishnapura village, kolar district, karnataka

India nrarayanappa, front,threshing finger millet harvest, krishnapura village, kolar district, karnataka

USA, Washington State, Whitman County. Palouse. September 6, 2021. Harvesting wheat with a vintage horse drawn thresher.

Indonesia threshing a operated treddle

USA, Washington State, Whitman County. Palouse. Threshing machines to harvest wheat.

Threshing floors and field terraces above a Berber village in the Anti Atlas mountains of Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Rice threshing, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, Asia

Men threshing corn, Harvest festival on cathedral square, Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy

Man threshing corn, Harvest festival on cathedral square, Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy

A tractor stacking hey in a field in the northern Negev desert

ancient Aqeduct of the old city of Acre in the Western Galilee, Israel

Aerial photograph of Hay stacks in a field in the costal plain, Israel

Aerial photograph of an agriculture field in the western Galilee, Israel

Aerial photograph of Hay stacks in a field in the costal plain, Israel

Aerial photograph of an agriculture field in the western Galilee, Israel

Tajik farmers and their families thresh wheat with oxen and donkeys, in a side valley to the Panjshir Valley, in the Hindu Kush mountains, September 10, 2002. Agriculture is primitive and labor intensive in this remote valley. The Panjshir Valley and its side valleys have long been a stronghold for the Tajik people, and the famous commander Ahmed Shah Masood, in their struggle first against the Soviets and then against the Taliban. The Tajik are one of the larger ethnic groups in Afghanistan, second only to the Pashtun people.

A farmer using his donkey team to thresh barley on his farm near Maras on plateau above the Sacred Valley, north of Cuzco, Highlands, Peru

A farmer using his donkey team to thresh barley on his farm near Maras on plateau above the Urubamba River, north of Cuzco, Highlands, Peru