Tillage has several objectives including loosening soil to develop structure for root growth, incorporating residues to improve texture and fertility, controlling weeds, minimizing erosion, and establishing configurations for planting, irrigation, and harvesting. Tillage is classified as primary or secondary, with primary tillage like plowing penetrating deeper to reduce soil strength and secondary tillage more shallow to break clods. Common tillage systems are conventional tillage using many implements, minimum tillage reducing trips while optimizing crop growth, and conservation tillage reducing erosion by disturbing less than 25% of soil and maintaining over 30% soil surface mulch.