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Type Words
Synonyms cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, plowland, tilled land, tilth
Type of ground, land, soil
Has types fallow
Derivation till
Type Words
Type of culture
Derivation till

Examples of tillage

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Because of this organic farmers have been interested in reduced-tillage methods.
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Natural ecosystems will have room to expand, and erosion from tillage will end.
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They tested various levels of tillage and irrigation, including no irrigation.
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Brazil currently practises minimum-tillage for about 60% of its cultivatable area.
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They left plant debris on fields, reducing tillage to conserve soil and water.
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A soil clod is not a ped but rather a mass of soil that results from tillage.
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Opt for minimum tillage when you garden, which doesn't tear up healthy root systems.
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Strip-tillage effect on seedbed soil temperature and other soil physical properties.
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The effects of tillage and N fertilization varied depending on the soil depth considered.
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More examples
  • Cultivated land: arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
  • The cultivation of soil for raising crops
  • (tilled) turned or stirred by plowing or harrowing or hoeing; "tilled land ready for seed"
  • Tillage is the agricultural preparation of the soil by ploughing, ripping, or turning it. Tillage can also mean the land that is tilled. There are two types of tillage: primary and secondary tillage.
  • Plowing, seedbed preparation, and cultivation practices.
  • The mechanical manipulation of soil performed to nurture crops. Tillage can be performed to accomplish a number of tasks including: seedbed preparation, weed control, and crop chemical incorporation.
  • Mechanical manipulation of soil, usually associated with agriculture in terms of crop production.
  • Ploughing or other means of cultivation intended to prepare land for crops or control weeds.
  • The operation of implements through the soil to prepare seedbeds and rootbeds, control weeds and brush, aerate the soil, and cause faster breakdown of organic matter and minerals to release plant foods.