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tillage

noun

Definition of tillage

as in cultivation

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Recent Examples of tillage Better practices such as cover crops, reduced or no tillage to protect the soil and on-farm installations to reduce runoff have substantially increased in recent years. — ABC News, 4 June 2026 Hundreds of dollars per acre were already spent on tillage, fertilizer and seed. — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 17 May 2026 Many of the dispossessed took to the woods and subsisted by slash-and-burn tillage, while others immigrated to Manchuria and Japan in search of jobs; the majority of Korean residents now in those areas are their descendants. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026 Plus, monocropping often goes hand in hand with tillage. — Matt Alderton, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tillage

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Noun

Mission Garden hosts public events and classes and grows heritage crops on an O’odham site that has been under cultivation for 4,000 years.

— Tovar Cerulli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
In Uganda and Rwanda, mushroom cultivation provides households with income while easing the pressure on wetland areas that support threatened cranes.

— John Cannon, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of cultivation

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The Field Partner Program began as a pilot in 2025 and is scaling with the 2026 crop, helping brands support regenerative agriculture goals with confidence.

— SJ Studio, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
Invasive golden mussels continue to spread through California waterways, increasing concerns about damage to water infrastructure, threats to agriculture and rising costs for boaters and communities.

— Nina Burns, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of agriculture

Noun

SalmonChile, a trade association representing many farming companies, argues that the decline in fish stocks can’t be attributed just to salmon farming.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
We lazy food-lovers have been trying to find our way back-to-the-land ever since factory farming and the industrial meat complex destroyed it.

— Rachel Levin, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of farming

Noun

Matthew McKernan is a consumer horticulture associate at the Kansas State University extension.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 28 Sep. 2026
To best protect the environment and your plants, Ankit Singh, assistant professor and ornamental horticulture educator at the University of Maine Extension, recommends using plain brown paper grocery bags as mulch.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of horticulture

Noun

Many people discovered it during COVID when outdoor experiences and gardening (the farm gives away compost) were safe activities.

— Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Home Harvest is the latest contender in this indoor smart garden space, with two appliances designed to turn microgreens, herbs, and salads into something halfway between a countertop convenience and a gardening project.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of gardening

Noun

Torn between toiling away at farmwork, his corrective swimming lessons, and learning music from a local organist — the elderly Michel (Alexandre Astier, Clichy’s former directing partner), who shows him more kindness than most — Christophe’s world gradually widens.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 19 May 2026
Every year, hundreds of thousands of foreign laborers are drawn to America by the promise of steady, seasonal farmwork through the H-2A program.

— Max Blau, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2026

Definition of farmwork

Noun

Origins of the Grand Mosque During the war, a former colonial agronomy school on the outskirts of Paris was converted to a temporary hospital for soldiers from the empire.

— Shannon Fogg, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026
According to a press release, the private club division of Troon, called Troon Privé, will oversee club operations, course agronomy, the food and beverage program, membership sales and marketing.

— Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026

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