Conventional tillage
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-001522
The traditional method of farming in which soil is prepared for planting by completely inverting it with a moldboard plow. Subsequent working of the soil with other implements is usually performed to smooth the soil surface. Bare soil is exposed to the weather for some varying length of time depending on soil and climatic conditions.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-001522 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Farms, Agricultural Production Systems |
| Synonyms | clean till; clean tillage; clean-till; conventional till; conventional-till; inversion tillage |
| References | US Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Tillage |
| Translations | Spanish: labranza convencional |
Record as JSON
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"term": "Conventional tillage",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "The traditional method of farming in which soil is prepared for planting by completely inverting it with a moldboard plow. Subsequent working of the soil with other implements is usually performed to smooth the soil surface. Bare soil is exposed to the weather for some varying length of time depending on soil and climatic conditions.",
"synonyms": [
"clean till",
"clean tillage",
"clean-till",
"conventional till",
"conventional-till",
"inversion tillage"
],
"subject": "Farms, Agricultural Production Systems",
"see_also": [
"tillage"
],
"references": [
"US Environmental Protection Agency",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "labranza convencional"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/conventional-tillage/"
}
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