Soil working tool for an agricultural machine in particular a cultivator which is fixed on a tool holder and has a tine like region to which a preferably guide plate like element is attached. In order to achieve an improved soil flow across the soil working tool with good wear protection and thus a sufficient service life of the soil working tool the tine like region has two side strips which run in the longitudinal direction of the soil working tool and have notch like recesses extending in the transverse direction and that an at least approximately smooth center strip region is located between the two side strips in the center in the longitudinal direction of the tine like region of the soil working tool.