Soggy soil can turn the dream of a thriving garden into a mud-filled nightmare. Every plant struggles when water lingers too ...

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 ...

Could breaking up compaction be as simple as planting a seed in future? That’s the ingenious solution one company is hoping to develop with its tiny, seed-like Aeropod capsules. The capsules use ...

Mulching is more important than you think.

Jane shows us how to avoid compacting your soil, how to tell when it is, and what you can do to fix it. Ideally soil has air pockets to allow moisture, worms, roots and microbes to pass through. When ...

Crack open the surface of your garden soil and pay attention to what shows up. That dusty, dry texture doesn’t just sit there ...

Soil compaction is becoming of increasing concern to Indiana agriculture. For many years,it was thought to be mostly a "southern U.S. problem" and of little importance in the Midwest. Today, however, ...

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 ...

Soil compaction remains a persistent issue, particularly in high-traffic areas such as commercial properties, walkways, and recreational spaces. Compacted soils restrict root growth, limit oxygen ...

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 ...