A shovel should slide into healthy soil with satisfying ease. When the blade bounces back like it just struck concrete, the ...

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 ...

If you have tough soil or hard ground that you need to break up, a mattock is a real game changer. This handy tool combines a pickaxe's digging power with an adze's chopping ability, making it perfect ...

Soil compaction can bring with it serious consequences when trying to grow anything green. In fact, it can be almost impossible ...

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 ...

Being a county Extension agent, I receive numerous questions throughout the year about improving soils. Many of the questions revolve around old wives tales and myths that have been told over many ...

Sixth in a series republished with permission from the San Diego County Water Authority‘s website. Healthy, water-saving soil consists of elements we don’t typically think of as soil at all. In fact, ...

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 ...

Introduction Have you ever noticed how much work it is to dig a hole in really hard soil? It's much easier to dig a hole in soft, loose soil. But why is that? Soil that is hard and dry is often ...