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 soils are dry in late summer and early fall, this is an ideal time to perform deep tillage on fields with suspected or verified soil compaction. Remember to look for the compaction zone and set ...

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 ...

As the preparation work for the maize crop continues, we note now soil compaction is becoming a problem. No doubt the last two very wet years we have just experienced have exacerbated the situation ...

To fix dry patches caused by soil compaction, you can aerate your lawn using either of these two methods: Core aerate: One of ...

Government incentives, spurred by climate change fears, will likely nudge you toward reduced tillage programs and cover crops in the near future. On-farm tests conducted by Farm Journal field ...

Q. I consider myself a back porch gardener. The porch is quite large, facing a southwest direction. This summer, due to lack of rain, I would spend five minutes a day watering the buckets. The two ...

A number of misconceptions surround how we prepare soils for planting. Sometimes the advice may sound reasonable, but it may really not provide the expected. I have often seen and heard ...

How much time and effort do you spend on your garden’s foundation? The soil is your plants’ nutrient source, and it can have a massive effect on your backyard crop haul. With this in mind, many ...