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

In hopes of boosting the nation’s potato supply, Ireland’s agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue announced he would work to deliver a payment of 100 euros per hectare for horticulture and tillage farmers.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024

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

There is now good reason to expect that in 1918 the tillage area in the United Kingdom will exceed that of 1916 by over 3,000,000 acres.

From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various