plow under
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With the onset of the coronavirus, many farmers were forced to plow under crops or dump their milk, even as grocery store shelves emptied out and many American families went hungry.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2021
Large scale corporate operations will deny access to hunters and for certain plow under the grassed waterways and seasonally inundated wetland in favor of maximizing production.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2016
It is cooking with imperfect vegetables that farmers might otherwise plow under.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2015
Since all pesticides approved for use in California have been ineffective against the bug, the best advice agriculture officials can give is for farmers to plow under devastated fields, denying the pests their food sources.
From Time Magazine Archive
The way to mellow your soil is certainly to use stable manure or to plow under green stuff, as you propose.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson
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