Compacted soil doesn't drain well, and it's hard for roots to grow through. Remedy this bane of every home gardener by ...

A 3D soil-mapping technology, traditionally used to study earthquakes, could help farmers track soil compaction and enhance crop performance. The Earth ...

Regardless of what you’re growing, spring is an exciting time of year. But it doesn’t come without challenges. Compaction can lead to wet soil that makes it difficult to get in your fields on time for ...

Karen Jones is the machinery executive editor at Successful Farming and Agriculture.com. She joined the Successful Farming team in 2023 following a 19-year career on the communications team of an ...

Fixing or recovering from soil compaction can take years and prove costly to your operation. But as Albert Einstein once quipped, “Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.” While we can’t ...

Soil compaction might not seem like the most exciting topic, but the proper completion of this step is essential. If soil compaction is not performed adequately, settlement of the soil could occur and ...

With a basket in one hand, you head to the other side of the bed. Do you remember ever placing your feet between seedlings because it was a shortcut? That one step might be crushing the air passages ...