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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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Featuring an outdoor living shroom museum, the colorful education-research-cultivation center offers tours and classes galore for the fungi curious — from how to grow mushrooms at home to how to identify them out in nature.—
Nevin Martell,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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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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Cristina LaRue covers agriculture for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025
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African lender Ecobank is developing a new strategy to tap into the continent’s underinvested agriculture sector as part of plans to capitalize on high gains this year, the bank’s CEO told Semafor.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The property owners intending to get out of farming meant other uses, including hundreds of residential homes, could have gone on the acreage.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Food systems now account for about a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, but scientists say regenerative agriculture and climate-smart farming can help flip that into a future where farms also help grow climate solutions.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Long known for his charitable work with UNICEF, Beckham signed on as ambassador for the King’s Foundation last year in a campaign to inspire young people into careers in horticulture.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 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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Includes gardening tips to grow perfect perennials and chiles for every palate, plus articles on delicious Ukrainian food dishes and Christmas family traditions, banana recipe contest winners and practical life advice.—
Alex Perry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Farmers' Almanac has released an annual magazine with weather predictions, gardening tips and more every year since 1818, according to the publication's news release.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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The most popular images depicting families are centered around nature and farmwork, leaving out indoor bonding activities like sharing meals, getting ready for work and school, playing games and shopping.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
31 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 15 Nov. 2025.
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