Tillage

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028133",
  "term": "Tillage",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The mechanical manipulation of soil performed to nurture crops. Tillage can be performed to accomplish a number of tasks including: seedbed preparation, weed control, and crop chemical incorporation.\n\n2. Plowing, seedbed preparation, and cultivation practices.\n\n3. The mechanical manipulation of the soil profile for any purpose; but in agriculture, it is usually restricted to modifying soil conditions, managing crop residues and/or weeds, or incorporating chemicals for crop production.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Ag 101 Glossary of American Agriculture",
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary; Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms; Terms of Environment; Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Glossary; Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary",
    "Nonpoint Pollution Source from Agriculture Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/tillage/"
}