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

Generally, it requires minimal to no tillage, with allelopathic properties that suppress weeds.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2024

Intense tillage is known to be bad for worms.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 26, 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

The linen manufacture for a while prospered, and afforded a limited relief in a few places; but tillage was declining, and destitution was all round.

From The Commercial Restraints of Ireland by Hutchinson, John Hely