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Recent Examples of tillage
Compacted soil can happen if there has been too much tillage, if wheels or machinery have been over the area, or even from excess foot traffic.
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Amelia Martin, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
These include conservation tillage, soil carbon amendment, growing cover crops and prescribed grazing.
—Kit Bernardi, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2025
Applications include tillage and seeding, excavation and transport of construction materials and mining ore, garbage hauling, sorting of recyclables, cargo handling in airports, and eventually autonomous construction on the moon!
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
But tillage can also release carbon dioxide stored in the soil and harm overall soil health, so regenerative farmers swear against it.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Amelia Martin, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
These include conservation tillage, soil carbon amendment, growing cover crops and prescribed grazing.
—Kit Bernardi, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2025
Applications include tillage and seeding, excavation and transport of construction materials and mining ore, garbage hauling, sorting of recyclables, cargo handling in airports, and eventually autonomous construction on the moon!
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
But tillage can also release carbon dioxide stored in the soil and harm overall soil health, so regenerative farmers swear against it.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tillage
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Verghese estimated the world requires 593 million hectares of land—which is equivalent to twice the size of India—every year for crop cultivation at current productivity growth rates to meet that challenge.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Everything from cultivation to processing and distribution takes place under one roof, meaning each product can be traced back to its farm and forward to the table.—
William Jones,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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In the Repicturing Rural playbook, Getty Images and Land O’Lakes recommend that depictions of work in rural areas expand beyond agriculture and into environments like offices, shops, community spaces and the home.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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These farmers use a regenerative organic agriculture model that improves soil health, increases biodiversity, enhances water retention and improves the livelihoods of farming families.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Oct. 2025
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The information in the almanac can help readers plan for the month ahead, whether for farming or just day-to-day life.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Ave, a bubbly woman in her mid-twenties, was the youngest of 12 kids from a farming family that subsisted on rice and greens.—
Natalia Paradies,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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The management team, including specialists in horticulture, irrigation, fine gardening, and urban farming, is integral to the company’s success.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Steinberg studied horticulture and agriculture at the University of Natal, spent two years in Australia working in agriculture, and returned to Johannesburg to work at a large nursery.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
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Leaves are known to change color between mid-September and early November, reported the Farmer’s Almanac, which covers weather forecasts, gardening and other topics.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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For Sarah Whitty, what began as a simple gardening experiment more than a decade ago has evolved into a beloved seasonal tradition in her town.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The Cultural Revolution then saw universities closed or radically repurposed, graduate training halted, and many scientists exiled to the countryside for farmwork.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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As a corn plant grows, the leaves unroll to reveal the tassel, the part that sheds pollen, explained Mark Licht, an associate professor of agronomy and an extension cropping systems specialist at Iowa State University.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
25 Aug. 2025
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The authors of the Politecnico di Torino report agree, concluding that progress lies in combining agronomy, robotics and AI to enable smarter, more sustainable agriculture.—
Jill Barth,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Tillage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tillage. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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