tillage
Preparing earth mechanically
Tillage is the agricultural practice of preparing soil for planting by turning, breaking up, or otherwise working the earth.
It encompasses plowing, harrowing, and similar operations that loosen compacted ground, control weeds, and incorporate organic matter.
The farmer's spring tillage prepared the fields for corn.
The word also refers to land that has been tilled or is suitable for cultivation.
Modern debates about tillage weigh its benefits against soil erosion concerns, leading some farmers to adopt no-till or reduced-tillage methods.
Tool for turning soil
- harrowToothed soil-breaking implement
- diskFlat circular object
- rototillerPowered soil-turning machine
- moldboardCurved blade turning earth
subsoiler · ripper · scarifier · hoe · tractor · rotavator · coulter · ploughshare
Nutrient-rich surface earth
- loamFertile soil mixture
- furrowNarrow trench in earth
- seedbedPrepared ground for sprouting
- clodEarth lump or dolt
earth · clay · silt · compaction · structure · aeration · drainage · moisture
Area of specialty
- arableFit for cultivation
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- croplandLand for growing produce
- fallowUnplanted field recovering
plot · acreage · hectare · paddock · smallholding
Tilling with rotating blades
- harrowingExtremely distressing or disturbing
- chiselingCutting with edged tool
- rototillingMechanical soil cultivation
- furrowingCutting narrow trenches
ridging · plowing · hoeing · aeration · breaking · loosening
Prepared ground for sprouting
- aerationInfusing with oxygen
- incorporationForming a legal entity
- pest-controlManaging unwanted organisms
plow
Tool for turning soil
- harrowToothed soil-breaking implement
- diskFlat circular object
- rototillerPowered soil-turning machine
moldboard · subsoiler · ripper · scarifier · hoe · tractor · rotavator · coulter · ploughshare · tine
topsoil
Nutrient-rich surface earth
clod · earth · clay · silt · compaction · structure · aeration · drainage · moisture · erosion
field
Area of specialty
discing
Tilling with rotating blades
- harrowingExtremely distressing or disturbing
- chiselingCutting with edged tool
- rototillingMechanical soil cultivation
furrowing · ridging · plowing · hoeing · aeration · breaking · loosening
seedbed
Prepared ground for sprouting
- aerationInfusing with oxygen
- incorporationForming a legal entity
- pest-controlManaging unwanted organisms
- soil sciencesoil, topsoil, subsoil, clay, sand
- agriculturefarms, crops, farm, farmers, farming
- crop farmingharvesting, planting, tractors, fertilizing, fertilizer
- farming termsfarmland, cropland, field, harvest, plowing
- grain farmingwheat, wheat field, wheat fields, wheat farming, corn
- farmworkharvesting, farmworkers, planting, farm labor, crop farming
tillagefallow
Unplanted field recovering
abandonment · neglect · wasteland · desolation · barrenness
- conservation tillageMinimal soil disruption agriculture