Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
In a previous video on examining soil compaction after a field had been picked, CottonInfo Tech Lead for Soil Health, Blake Palmer was standing in a soil pit. While soil pit is very useful for looking at the entire soil profile, there are other ways to measure compaction, and in this follow-up video, Blake takes a look at several 'compaction assessment' alternatives to the pit method.
In a previous video on examining soil compaction after a field had been picked, CottonInfo Tech Lead for Soil Health, Blake Palmer was standing in a soil pit. While soil pit is very useful for looking at the entire soil profile, there are other ways to measure compaction, and in this follow-up video, Blake takes a look at several 'compaction assessment' alternatives to the pit method.










