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Soil Compaction Tests You Can Run Before Fall Tillage

You finish combining a wet harvest and the tire tracks across the headlands tell part of the story. But wet August traffic through saturated subsoil can leave compaction that doesn't…

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October 27, 2026

Choosing the Right Land Roller for Your Tractor

You borrowed a neighbor's roller for two seasons and it worked well enough. Now you're ready to buy your own.…

October 23, 2026

Rock Rolling Strategy for Stony Prairie Fields Before Seeding

The frost heaves a field overnight and by morning you're looking at granite the size of basketballs sitting right where…

October 20, 2026

Leveling Fields With a Land Roller

You've finished seeding that stony quarter and the clock is already ticking. The surface is rough, stones are sitting proud…

October 16, 2026

Getting Corn Residue Right Before the Snow Falls

The combine has rolled through, the grain cart is done its last run, and you're looking back at a field…

October 13, 2026

What a Wet Canola Harvest Means for Next Spring

The combine is parked, the bins are full, and yields came in better than most growers expected after a wet,…

September 16, 2026

How Residue Holds Moisture in Dryland Country

Ask any producer farming near Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, or across the driest stretches of the Northern Great Plains, and they'll tell…

August 5, 2026

Nutrient Stratification: When No-Till Traps Phosphorus Near the Surface

No-till built your soil. Now it may be hiding nutrients from your crop. Direct seeding has done a lot of…

July 15, 2026

Nutrients Are There, But Can Your Crop Reach Them?

Nutrient stratification is the buildup of nutrients, organic matter, and biological activity in a narrow band near the soil surface,…

July 10, 2026

Organic Amendments After Cereal Harvest: Setting Up Your Soil for What Comes Next

Harvest Is Done. Now the Real Work Starts. Combining a cereal crop is satisfying, but what you do with that…