Tillage — Cultivating after early rain. Tillage is the agricultural preparation of the soil by mechanical agitation of various types, such as digging, stirring, and overturning. Examples of human powered tilling methods using hand tools include … Wikipedia
No-till farming — The article Conservation tillage redirects to this page. This article primarily discusses No till farming, which is one of several different conservation tillage techniques. Some others are Strip till and Minimum tillage … Wikipedia
Strip-till — is a conservation system that utilizes a minimum tillage. It combines the soil drying and warming benefits of conventional tillage with the soil protecting advantages of no till by disturbing only the portion of the soil that is to contain the… … Wikipedia
Living mulch — In agriculture, a living mulch is a cover crop interplanted or undersown with a main crop, and intended to serve the functions of a mulch, such as weed suppression and regulation of soil temperature. Living mulches grow for a long time with the… … Wikipedia
tilth — /tilth/, n. 1. the act or operation of tilling land; tillage. 2. the state of being tilled or under cultivation. 3. the physical condition of soil in relation to plant growth. 4. land that is tilled or cultivated. [bef. 1000; ME, OE. See TILL2,… … Universalium
Crepis tectorum — Narrowleaf hawksbeard flower Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Cropping system — A cropping system is a general term that describes how a producer might grow a crop. A basic distinction is between conventional tillage and conservation tillage. References This article incorporates public domain material from the… … Wikipedia
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Crop residue — There are two types of agricultural crop residues: Field residues are materials left in an agricultural field or orchard after the crop has been harvested. These residues include stalks and stubble (stems), leaves, and seed pods. Good management… … Wikipedia
This article incorporates public domain material from the Congressional Research Service document "Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition" by Jasper Womach.
