Many aspects of gardening are easy to control—like how much water your plants get and how often you fertilize—while other factors are harder to maintain. Unless you're using raised beds and filling ...

It’s summer blockbuster time, so imagine a movie-scale monster has buried you in a landslide and then stomped on the rocks until you’re pinned in gravel. You can’t move, and you can’t breathe. That’s ...

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 ...

Soil compaction represents a major agronomic challenge, inhibiting root elongation and impacting crop yields. Roots use ethylene to sense soil compaction as the restricted air space causes this ...

Tap-rooted species may penetrate compacted soils better than fibrous-rooted species and therefore be better adapted for use in "biological tillage". We evaluated penetration of compacted soils by ...

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 ...

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 ...

Soil compaction is a problem that many producers face, but one they often overlook. Paying attention to the problem is important since soil compaction can reduce your crop yields and slow plant ...

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 ...

The system is designed to mimic mechanical impedance and to identify genotypes with contrasting tolerance to compaction—fast enough to support ...

Malcolm Bennett receives funding from Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/G023972/1, BB/R013748/1, BB/L026848/1, BB/M018431/1, BB/PO16855/1, BB/M001806/1, BB/M012212, and ...

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 ...