NALT

Preferred term

conventional tillage

Topic

The traditional method of farming in which soil is prepared for planting by completely inverting it with a moldboard plow. Subsequent working of the soil with other implements is usually performed to smooth the soil surface. Bare soil is exposed to the weather for some varying length of time depending on soil and climatic conditions.

tillage

clean till
clean tillage
clean-till
conventional till
conventional-till
inversion tillage

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

9628

Spanish

labranza convencional

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/26762

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 11/13/14