Tillage vocab

Conservation tillage

• tillage system made up of two stages: primary tillage and

  secondary tillage

• a tillage program aimed at reducing erosion by leaving crop

  residues on a rough soil surface

• means that a series of different crops is planted on the same piece of land in a repeating order

• farming in which no inorganic fertilizers or synthetic pesticides are used. 

farming in which no ..... fertilizers or synthetic pesticides are used. 

Continuous Cropping

• the practice of harvesting two crops from the same land in one year. 

• a producer grows the same crop each year

Conventional tillage

• tillage system made up of two stages: primary tillage and

  secondary tillage

• a tillage program aimed at reducing erosion by leaving crop

  residues on a rough soil surface

Crop rotation

• producer grows the same crop each year

• a series of different crops is planted on the same piece of land in a repeating order

Double Cropping

• the practice of harvesting one crop from the same land in one year

• the practice of harvesting two crops from the same land in one year

Organic farming

• working the soil to provide a favorable environment for seed placement,

  germination, and crop growth

• farming in which no inorganic fertilizers or synthetic pesticides are used. 

Postemergence tillage

•  tillage done between rows of growing crops

• a philosophy and collection of practices that seek to protect resources while ensuring adequate productivity

Pre-plant tillage

• tillage of the soil before the crop is planted

• breaks up the soil and buries crop residues

Primary tillage

• breaks up the soil and buries crop residues

• produces a fine seedbed by a series of operations that break up the soil into smaller and smaller chunks