Mulch-till

In agriculture mulch tillage or mulch-till fall under the umbrella term of conservation tillage in the United States and refer to seeding methods where a hundred percent of the soil surface is disturbed by tillage[1] whereby crop residues are mixed with the soil and a certain amount of residues remain on the soil surface. A great variety of cultivator implements are used to perform mulch-till.

Mulch is material to regulate heat. This is done by covering it with any material like rice, straw or leaves or food waste.

References

  1. "CTIC" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-02-22.

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