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NALT Full

Preferred term

chiseling

Type

Topic

Definition

Breaking or loosening the soil, without inversion, with a chisel cultivator or chisel plow. A practice used for grassland or pasture renovation.
Source: National Range and Pasture Handbook, USDA
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

tillage

Synonyms

chiselling
chisel plowing
chisel till
chisel tillage

In other languages

trabajo con arado-cincel

Spanish
trabajo con cultivador-subsolador
trabajo con escoplo
trabajo con formón

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/25206

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