Knowing exactly when you should aerate your lawn will help you revive a struggling lawn without chemicals.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Reducing compaction helps build soil structure, allows water to infiltrate quickly, warm soil faster and hold up under heavy equipment. Resides In: Parkers Prairie, MN. Writer and editor since ...

SOLON, Ohio, Sept. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Locus Agriculture is expanding the use of Unpac®, its glycolipid-based soil conditioner, across row and specialty crop production systems where soil ...

While many contractors may think soil compaction has little impact on the end result of a job, the opposite could not be more true; if proper soil compaction is not achieved initially, it can lead to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 critical global agricultural concern, acting as a severe physical barrier that restricts root system expansion and reduces crop productivity. However, conventional Soil ...

Soil compaction in forest ecosystems arises chiefly from the passage of heavy machinery during harvesting, thinning and other management operations. Increased load on the soil surface compresses pore ...