When you look at the walk-behind compactors in your fleet, chances are you don't think of them as precise scientific instruments. Yet, soil compaction is a science and it requires a certain degree of ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Ideally soil has air pockets to allow moisture, worms, roots and microbes to pass through. When soil ...

Soil compaction is the enemy of all landscape plants. Roots take up water, nutrients, and oxygen from the soil. They also use it to anchor themselves in place against strong West Texas winds. But when ...

A LAWN care fan has shared an affordable buy that helps break down compacted soil. They explained that it works just as well as more expensive chemical looseners and saves them money. Please provide a ...

Soil compaction is a global threat to soil ecosystem services, causing tremendous costs to society. The costs of soil compaction are borne by the cumulative loss of soil functionality (e.g. yield loss ...

Hughes, a UMN Extension educator that specializes in tillage, soil compaction and soil health joined UMN Extension crops educator Angie Peltier to talk about soil compaction: ...

In this video, I show you a new tool I use to break up clay and compacted soil called the Prong. I also show how to improve the clay soil and plant a fruit tree to give it the best chance of growing ...

Soil degradation is a huge cost for farming, which was estimated at up to £1.4bn a year in a recent parliamentary report Securing UK Soil Health. Of this, flooding resulting from increased compaction ...

Minimize driving over the soil as a compacted soil remedy to support healthy soil structure by allowing the soil to breathe, drink, and move nutrients around. Healthy soils are much more than dirt! In ...

This year in South Dakota many areas have received high amounts of rainfall during the summer. This has led to portions of fields being wet particularly in the northeastern part of the state. Soils ...

Soil compaction is a growing concern for farmers and land managers, especially across the northern U.S. and southern Canada.