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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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Colombia is the world’s largest exporter of cocaine, and the cultivation of the critical ingredient of coca leaves reached an all-time high last year, according to the United Nations.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
19 Oct. 2025
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The new Sauska Tokaj Winery redefines the relationship between architecture and grape cultivation.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Oct. 2025
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Banco do Brasil is currently involved in around 31 of the more than 150 carbon projects underway in the country, with a focus on areas such as low-carbon agriculture.—
Tarciana Medeiros,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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The economic fallout from deportations is typically focused on the impact to industries with large unauthorized immigrant workforces, such as construction and agriculture.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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As early as the 1620s, the Dutch and English settlers who established farming and fishing communities came into conflict with the remnants of Algonquian-speaking peoples.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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Harvest season was the worst, Nandudu says, because couples would fight over how to spend the money earned from coffee farming, leading to a surge in domestic violence.—
Fatma Tanis,
NPR,
17 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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Last year, Travis Gienger, a horticulture and landscape teacher at Anoka Technical College, grew a 2,471-pound pumpkin in 2024, but that was not his largest by far.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
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From welcoming patio gardens to edible landscapes, experts say these are the biggest gardening trends.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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Deciding whether to rake leaves depends on your property type and gardening goals.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
17 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 25 Oct. 2025.
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