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rotary tiller

American  

noun

  1. rototiller.

  2. rotary plow.


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Agricultural equipment companies don't tout technologies, like no-till, that do away with the rotary tiller or other machines.

From Scientific American • Dec. 5, 2013

So after working with dull shovels and hoes, many home food growers mistakenly conclude that cultivation is not possible without using a rotary tiller for both tillage and weeding between rows.

From Organic Gardener's Composting by Solomon, Steve

A farmer pushing a rotary tiller, bowed politely, trundled ahead.

From Sjambak by Vance, Jack

Next, we can keep the surface fluffed up with a rotary tiller or hoe during April and May, to break its capillary connection with deeper soil and accelerate the formation of a dry dust mulch.

From Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway by Solomon, Steve