Soil Compaction a Major Concern for Farmers. Is it any Wonder?

                                  Source: Understanding Ag  

A tractor and air-seeder on a Manitoba farm. A PinP photo.

Soil compaction is climbing the list of concerns for dairy farmers, and a recent Iowa State survey backs that up: 80% of farmers polled are now worried about it, up sharply from a decade ago, as bigger equipment and shrinking fieldwork windows raise the stakes. Add in the billions of dollars extreme weather cost agriculture last year, and a broken water cycle gets expensive fast.                                            

Four years ago, the scientific journal, "The Conversation," revealed something startling. Entitled, "FarmVehicles Weigh almost as Much as the Heaviest Dinosaurs," its article describes why that's a problem, here.