Unusual Paddy Harvesting: Hi Friends, We found a farmer was harvesting paddy by measuring with the help of a long metal scale. He was actually cutting paddy crops for estimating yield of paddy. This is known as CROP CUTTING EXPERIMENT (CCE). Crop cutting experiments are regularly conducted. In order to obtain fair, precise and accurate estimate of yield of principal crops which include rice, maize, bajra, groundnut, sugarcane, cotton, wheat, barley and rabi oilseeds. The Crop Cutting Experiment