tillage

Example Sentences

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"Ultimately, we need a more diversified agricultural model, with fewer cattle, and more horticulture, organics and tillage," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

Intense tillage is known to be bad for worms.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 26, 2023

He eventually became a notable proponent of no-till techniques, where crops are grown without disturbing the soil through tillage, which greatly reduces soil erosion and creates many environmental and climate benefits.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2023

The money would provide farmers with technical and financial assistance to implement practices like planting cover crops or reducing soil tillage.

From Reuters • May 2, 2023

Wheat-farming represents the crown of agricultural achievement in England, and very good yields per acre are garnered, because the tillage is careful, the manuring generous, the climate favourable.

From England by Fox, Frank, Sir