Sanjay Shukla, left, talks with Lucas Conran, general manager of Lipman Family Farms, as they examine compact soil beds at the farming operation near Naples, Fla. When Lipman Family Farms wanted to ...

Compacted soil can lead to a number of problems for your plants. Plant this cover crop in fall, and you'll have the problem ...

Locus Agriculture is expanding the use of Unpac®, its glycolipid-based soil conditioner, across row and specialty crop production systems where soil compaction and restricted water movement can limit ...

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 ...

A new study shows that grass roots and their biochemical products dramatically reduce erosion in compacted sandy soils, and ...

Strategic equipment management is one valuable way to protect soil structure and preserve yield potential when wet conditions ...

Proper soil compaction is crucial for both small and large construction projects because it increases soil density and load bearing, ensuring the stability, durability, and longevity of buildings and ...

Soil compaction is considered a consistent problem in modern agriculture. When soils are compacted, we know, plants don’t grow as well. Exactly why that happens, though, has generally just been ...

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 ...

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 ...

Volvo's Intelligent Compaction relays pass mapping and surface temperature mapping. “Even though the compaction of soil is a process [that] began hundreds, if not thousands, of years ago,” Luke Sevcik ...

Accurate determination of deformation parameters in heterogeneous alluvial foundations is critical for the safety and structural integrity of earth dams. The Ménard Pressuremeter Test (PMT) provides a ...