tillage

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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

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

We can conceive a parallel 4Rs framework for its management that takes into account: rotation of crops, residue management, return of manure and rate of tillage intensity.

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2022

The waste land has been mostly brought under tillage, but a very large acreage of the ancient forests is still occupied by wood.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various