Broadcast spreader
![Hand-pushed broadcast spreader](/Images/godic/202501/02/SpreadandPush0901.png")
![ATV tow spreaders normally have a larger capacity to enable the coverage of larger areas](/Images/godic/202501/02/Spreader_AF0901.jpg")
![View of a tractor-operated broadcast seeder moved by three-point hitch and driven by PTO shaft](/Images/godic/202501/02/Amazone_ZA-M_10010901.jpg")
A broadcast seeder, alternately called a broadcast spreader or centrifugal fertilizer spreader(europe), is a farm implement commonly used for spreading seed, lime, fertilizer, sand, ice melt, etc., and is an alternative to drop spreaders/seeders.