Anyone involved in roadbuilding or site preparation should understand the critical role a compactor plays in a project's ...

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 ...

In healthy soil, the particles are in clumps, with gaps between the clumps for air and water to flow. When those clumps get ...

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, ...

As average farm size increases, farm equipment typically becomes bigger and heavier, posing an increasing threat of soil ...

Know your soil According to Guy Boor, engineering product manager for compaction, Stone Construction Equipment, it's important for a contractor to have at least some understanding of the materials ...

WARNING: It’s too early to plant your garden. You are still in planning mode. Recently, when I did the garden talk in Bellville, I made it clear that it is still very early to start turning the soil ...