tillage

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Tillage machines that break up and aerate the soil and machines that fertilize it use diesel.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2022

Tillage is essentially plowing without turning the soil over.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2019

Tillage of fields does help to break up clods that were previously compacted, so best practices may vary at sites with different soil textures and composition.

From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018

But Jodi DeJong-Hughes of the University of Minnesota Tillage Program, warned that no-till isn't for everyone.

From US News • Aug. 4, 2016

Tillage should continue, if possible, until this occurs.

From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Agee, Alva