plow under
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With the onset of the coronavirus, many farmers were forced to plow under crops or dump their milk, even as grocery store shelves emptied out and many American families went hungry.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2021
Large scale corporate operations will deny access to hunters and for certain plow under the grassed waterways and seasonally inundated wetland in favor of maximizing production.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2016
It is cooking with imperfect vegetables that farmers might otherwise plow under.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2015
Why not, it asked, plow under every third member of the Farm Board?
From Time Magazine Archive
To control this pest, plow under stubble after harvest; keep down all volunteer wheat and sow wheat after fly-free date in the fall.
From An Elementary Study of Insects by Leonard Haseman
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