As farming equipment gets heavier, farmers look for ways that extra weight won’t end up crushing their yield expectations. Selecting the right tire is one great way to minimize soil compaction – but ...

A 2025 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll survey of 945 farmers shows increasing concern about soil compaction from heavier farm equipment. The post Iowa Farm Poll finds rising concern over soil ...

Soil compaction might not seem like the most exciting topic, but the proper completion of this step is essential. If soil compaction is not performed adequately, settlement of the soil could occur and ...

Discover how to loosen compacted soil to set your plants up for spring. Compacted soil deprives plant roots of oxygen and ...

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 ...

Earthwork’s Horizontal Steering Control automatically steers a soil compactor using a 3D model or compaction pass line. The Trimble® Earthworks Grade Control Platform for Soil Compactors with ...

“Even though the compaction of soil is a process [that] began hundreds, if not thousands, of years ago,” Luke Sevcik product application and training specialist for Wacker Neuson, guesstimates, “the ...

New survey data from the 2025 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll shows growing awareness of soil compaction risks among farmers.

Soil compaction is the enemy of all landscape plants. Roots take up water, nutrients, and oxygen from the soil. They also use it to anchor themselves in place against strong West Texas winds. But when ...

Two emerging technologies offer a novel way to crack soil compaction and harness electricity generation from soil bacteria.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today Horizontal Steering Control functionality on the Trimble® Earthworks Grade Control Platform for Soil Compactors, ...