Soil tillage

Soil tillage is generally described as the mechanical manipulation of soil for any agricultural or constructional purpose. To further discuss on soil tillage, all the basic operations in land development involve tillage actions. From the perspective of agriculture, tillage is usually restricted to the manipulation of the soil conditions for crop production. In the same vein, tillage operation in current agriculture is the preparation of the soil for a suitable seedbed.

Prehistorically, man solely depended on crude tools for the loosening of the soil. Later he was able to use animal power for the pulling of the plough. However, these crude tools are still in operation in some underdeveloped and developed countries alongside with the present modern equipment.

To prevent soil structure damage and, also to restructure or ameliorate the soil, soil tillage must be managed adequately and meticulously with reference to the soil type to be worked upon, soil conditions desired tillage virtues, aimed towards enhancement of arable farming which are also exploited. In doing this, emphasis has to be placed on the provision of optimum soil tillage that is not only cost effective but less prone or susceptible to soil structural damage.