tillage

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for tillage
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Noun
  • The President of the Czech Republic has signed a bill that decriminalizes recreational cannabis for personal use and home cultivation, but not its sale.
    Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
  • The company plans to sell or divest all its Michigan assets, including four cultivation and processing facilities, 20 retail stores and real estate by the second half of the year, according to a news release.
    Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Some of those critics hold public office, however, and are doubly suspicious of a company with Chinese owners in a sector as critical as agriculture.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 July 2025
  • Cal Expo’s only responsibilities with the state are to host the annual State Fair by showcasing wine, food, agriculture and culture from all 58 of the state’s counties.
    MARIANA GARCIA, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • Japan’s farming population has shrunk around 60% since 1985, while the average age of its farmers has steadily gone up.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 18 July 2025
  • Penny has reported on everything from national civil rights issues to hog farming in Illinois, Georgia, Texas and now Arkansas.
    Penny Weaver, Arkansas Online, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • Van Cleef & Arpels took over the grounds of Dumfries House — a country house owned by The King’s Foundation — with its top clients, members of the press and its executive leadership team to showcase the craftsmanship, colored gems and love of horticulture instilled in the two collections.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 14 July 2025
  • Tim Johnson is senior director of horticulture at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • Use milk sprays with gardening practices such as tool sanitation and avoiding overhead watering to prevent mildew.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2025
  • So far in 2025, the IHS has facilitated the adoption of 119 rabbits and transferred 87 to the local gardening store Zamzows, which offers rabbits for adoption through a partnership with IHS.
    Alex Music July 25, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • For instance, two people earned bachelor's degrees in soil science and agronomy from Purdue University in 2022, according to its federal data, putting it well below the threshold in the legislation.
    Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 22 May 2025

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“Tillage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tillage. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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