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Recent Examples of tillage
Aside from that, the tractor uses the same second-generation technology stack as its tractors for field tillage.
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Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
John Deere’s first-generation tractors were designed specifically for the slowest and easiest works, which is fall tillage with a chisel file.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
Farmers and policy-makers are advocating for sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping and reduced tillage.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Slightly more than half of growers (56 percent) adopted no-till or conservation tillage methods, while 62 percent integrated cover crops into their operations.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
John Deere’s first-generation tractors were designed specifically for the slowest and easiest works, which is fall tillage with a chisel file.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
Farmers and policy-makers are advocating for sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping and reduced tillage.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Slightly more than half of growers (56 percent) adopted no-till or conservation tillage methods, while 62 percent integrated cover crops into their operations.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tillage
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Conclusion The cannabis industry is undergoing a green revolution, with a growing emphasis on sustainability and organic cultivation.—
Matt Rozo,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2025
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This timeline indicates that grape cultivation in Italy likely started during the Late Bronze Age.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
23 Apr. 2025
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Cristina LaRue covers agriculture for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
2 May 2025
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The plant had last been spotted decades earlier, growing by a highway in the town of Corrigin in Western Australia’s wheat belt, where most land has been cleared for agriculture.—
Katarina Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2025
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In Maryland, 26 Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities programs were operating, dealing with 50 commodities and 88 farming practices, according to the USDA.—
Karl Blankenship,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Apr. 2025
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In just a few decades, France’s farming population wentfrom 7 million in 1946 to fewer than 3 million in 1974.—
Made by History,
Time,
25 Apr. 2025
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Tammy Sons is the CEO of TN Nursery and an expert plant advisor who studied horticulture.—
Tammy Sons,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Though people join the San Jose Garden Club to learn more about horticulture and to visit local gardens and nurseries, a big function of the club is to support the community.—
Lisa Thorn,
Mercury News,
20 Apr. 2025
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University of Maryland Extension’s Home and Garden Information Center offers free gardening and pest information at extension.umd.edu/hgic.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2025
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Some of the Mother's Day activities on this list involve the outdoors (like gardening), others take place inside the house (such as looking through old photo albums), and a few might require a little trip around town.—
Laura Broadwell,
Parents,
1 May 2025
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The pilot spanned three-years and was developed with local partners in India, where field executives (often agronomy graduates from local universities) worked with farmers throughout the cotton growing season.—
Brooke Roberts-Islam,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The filing also details the acquisition of West Central Ag Services, expanding CHS's grain and agronomy platforms in west-central Minnesota and eastern North Dakota.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Tillage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tillage. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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