AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES|cultivation of agricultural land|cultivation techniques
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- primary tillage | cultivation
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- Definition mechanical manipulation of soil that displaces and shatters soil to reduce soil strength and to bury or mix plant materials and crop chemicals in the tillage layer Reference "US Environmental Protection Agency > Crop Glossary > primary tillage, http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/ag101/cropglossary.html [23.8.2012]"
- Comment "Tends to leave a rough soil surface that is smoothed by secondary tillage [ IATE:1699565 ]."