minimum tillage

noun

1. no-tillage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of minimum tillage¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

“Think minimum tillage,” he said.

From Seattle Times

One potato farmer, Sam Bright from Woodmanton, told BBC News he had worked with the Wye and Usk Foundation to improve soil conservation through a range of measures, including planting buffer strips of grass round field edges; increasing pastureland; and using minimum tillage, which avoids the traditional method of overturning soil with a plough.

From BBC

Applying nitrogen is an expensive process, it’s another tillage step, and for farmers trying to make a go with minimum tillage practices, it just doesn’t pay.

From Washington Times

Easier and easier Across the country there are more than 160,000 farmers using basins or other minimum tillage methods, including large-scale commercial farmers.

From BBC

Now, machines are available that combine several operations in a process called minimum tillage.

From Time Magazine Archive