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Tillage is the
agricultural preparation of soil by
mechanical agitation of
various types, such as digging, stirring, and overturning.
Examples of human-powered...
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tillage method that does not turn the soil over, in
contrast to
intensive tillage,
which changes the soil
structure using ploughs. In
minimum tillage...
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known as zero
tillage or
direct drilling) is an
agricultural technique for
growing crops or
pasture without disturbing the soil
through tillage. No-till farming...
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Conventional tillage refers to
tillage operations considered standard for a
specific location and crop and that tend to bury the crop residues; usually...
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Tillage erosion is a form of soil
erosion occurring in
cultivated fields due to the
movement of soil by
tillage.
There is
growing evidence that tillage...
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conservation system that uses a
minimum tillage. It
combines the soil
drying and
warming benefits of
conventional tillage with the soil-protecting advantages...
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intensive tillage typically leaves less than 15% of crop
residues on a field,
reduced tillage leaves 15–30%, and
conservation tillage systems leave...
- (aeolian) erosion,
zoogenic erosion and
anthropogenic erosion such as
tillage erosion. Soil
erosion may be a slow
process that
continues relatively unnoticed...
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sector also
includes wool, egg and
dairy production, the
livestock used for
tillage, and fish farming.
Animal agriculture is a
significant contributor to greenhouse...
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environmental factors such as
changes in moisture,
tillage and soil amendments. The
objective of
tillage (mechanical mani****tion of the soil) is to improve...