From mild winters to heavier equipment, farmers face several uncontrollable factors, adding layers to the soil compaction problem. “Our winters have been milder, and snowfall has been lighter in ...

Stop blaming the weather or your seeds. If your garden keeps failing year after year, the soil is almost certainly the ...

Most gardeners know that success depends on many factors: You can’t grow a sun-loving plant in a shady area, for example. And a shrub that loves wet places won’t do well in dry soil. But the most ...

Government incentives, spurred by climate change fears, will likely nudge you toward reduced tillage programs and cover crops in the near future. On-farm tests conducted by Farm Journal field ...

Dynamic compaction is a ground improvement method that utilises repeated high‐energy impacts to densify and stabilise loose granular soils. This technique has evolved from traditional field methods ...

Soil compaction can devastate yields for years. An upcoming webinar series hosted by the University of Minnesota and NDSU on the subject brings together experts from the U.S., Canada and Australia.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Crop fields are taking the 2002 season hard, but it might not require a deep tillage operation to loosen them up. The wild weather extremes that compelled many farmers to plant ...

Most terrestrial plants are highly dependent on the soil for their well-being. A very favorable soil contains 50 percent open “pore” space, 45 percent minerals, and 5 percent organic material. The ...

In the spring many agricultural producers are anxious to get into the field and perform tillage, planting, and chemical applications. However, if field operations are done when the soil is too wet, ...

If your garden beds look tired, crusted over, or slow to wake up after winter, you're not alone. A hard freeze, deep snowpack ...

Digitizing the geotechnical workflow to help contractors and homeowners secure permits faster with flat-rate, transparent pricing. By digitizing the testing and certification workflow, we’re helping ...