Reducing soil compaction

What is soil compaction?

Soil compaction is one of the principal soil damage processes: it is caused when increasingly heavy agricultural machinery travels over the soil, often in difficult weather conditions. Compaction is linked to the very nature of the soil, its water content, crop types and the load applied to the surface. Repeated passes by agricultural equipment create soil compaction and shear, thereby reducing capacity for aeration, infiltration, and crop root penetration. The economic impact of soil compaction is significant: reduced crop yield, the risk of disease development, and a need to do regeneration work such as ploughing and/or de-compaction which eat up considerable fuel and time.

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