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Recent Examples of tillage
Aside from that, the tractor uses the same second-generation technology stack as its tractors for field tillage.
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Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
John Deere’s first-generation tractors were designed specifically for the slowest and easiest works, which is fall tillage with a chisel file.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
Farmers and policy-makers are advocating for sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping and reduced tillage.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Slightly more than half of growers (56 percent) adopted no-till or conservation tillage methods, while 62 percent integrated cover crops into their operations.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
John Deere’s first-generation tractors were designed specifically for the slowest and easiest works, which is fall tillage with a chisel file.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
Farmers and policy-makers are advocating for sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping and reduced tillage.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Slightly more than half of growers (56 percent) adopted no-till or conservation tillage methods, while 62 percent integrated cover crops into their operations.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tillage
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The garden also showcases sculptures by Pat Austen and celebrates the legacy of rose cultivation.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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While its cultivation and use date back thousands of years, modern Turkish law maintains a strict stance against recreational cannabis, with limited exceptions for medical and industrial purposes.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Mercury News,
16 May 2025
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At the same time, the legislation would invest $60 billion in new money for agriculture programs, sending aid to farmers.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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As natural landscapes are converted to agriculture or taken over by urban sprawl, logging operations and oil and gas exploration, ecosystems become fragmented and the space that species need to survive and reproduce disappears.—
Karrigan Börk,
The Conversation,
13 May 2025
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This would be significant for high-consuming cannabis farming.—
Dario Sabaghi,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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While the Trump administration cut an Agriculture Department program supporting cover crops and no-till farming, Ms. Phillips said there was still funding for those practices through the current farm bill.—
Nick Oxford,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Tim Johnson is senior director of horticulture at the Chicago Botanic Garden.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2025
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Anthony Reardon is a horticulture agent with Kansas State University Research and Extension.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2025
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Composting: Level up your gardening expertise by recycling your yard waste.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2025
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Experts in cooking, gardening, fashion, beauty, and photography give you their tips for bringing more color to all your creative pursuits.—
Eleni N. Gage,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 May 2025
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That includes vice president for the board of directors at Arthur Cos., a grain and agronomy business, and managing partner for Arthur Ventures.—
Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
16 May 2025
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Raised in Greensboro, her dad was a professor of agriculture and agronomy at North Carolina A & T University while her mom was an elementary school teacher.—
Lisa Vernon Sparks,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Tillage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tillage. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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