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Recent Examples of tillage
But tillage can also release carbon dioxide stored in the soil and harm overall soil health, so regenerative farmers swear against it.
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Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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
Aside from that, the tractor uses the same second-generation technology stack as its tractors for field tillage.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
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Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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
Aside from that, the tractor uses the same second-generation technology stack as its tractors for field tillage.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tillage
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As that happened, animal and plant populations shifted range or died out, and hunter-gatherer societies either became nomadic or clustered around remaining water sources and took up one or another form of sedentary agriculture, including the cultivation of the date palm.—
Jacob Jones,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Aug. 2025
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The cultivation and export of flowers has long been one of the most important industries in Colombia, but the best of the bunch always stay closer to home.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Widespread pesticide use, mainly for agriculture, is perhaps the most worrisome threat of all.—
Bruce Beehler,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Aug. 2025
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And its applications go far beyond the grocery store: Amcor’s products are used in garden and outdoor products, agriculture, pet care, healthcare, even building and construction.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Still, dairy farming's economics often show no mercy.—
Rick Barrett,
jsonline.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Even with innovative fish feed developments like insect larvae, salmon fish farming would deplete already diminished local fish foods.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Aug. 2025
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Students in the program will learn horticulture therapy techniques and how to develop therapy programs, while students in the advanced horticulture therapy certificate program will deepen their expertise within the field, the release said.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
21 July 2025
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Robert Westerfield, horticulture specialist, University of Georgia.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
27 May 2025
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The sun in August is intense across the middle of the country in states such as Kansas, Virginia, and Missouri, so gardening is best done early in the day.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Aug. 2025
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Use it to protect gardening tools, pool toys, outdoor pillows, and more backyard essentials.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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One plant that gets more blame than others is corn, said Dan Quinn, assistant professor of agronomy and extension corn specialist at Purdue University.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
24 July 2025
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Ten minutes away are the LMR experimental fields, for smelling what its team is developing and agronomy research.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Tillage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tillage. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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