Tillage: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	tilling

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cultivating soil

A farmer in traditional clothing guides a donkey pulling a plow through a dry, brown field in Yemen.

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secondary tillage mulch tillage minimum tillage digging stick kodali sweep plow sole Plow No-till agriculture Harrow Cultivation Fertilizer

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