Materials and methods. The article explores the problems of over-
compacting the soil by agricultural machinery and their units. At the same time,
various scientific and practical materials on this subject will be used. The research
was carried out by the method of system analysis and processing of static data.
Systematic soil compaction to a depth greater than the depth of loosening by
modern subsoilers (40–45 cm) disrupts the normal course of heat and mass transfer
processes, and changes in the ratios of moisture, air, and soil skeleton do not
contribute to the development of soil microflora. To resolve the issue of the
advisability of using a particular machine to move on the ground, it is necessary to
have information about the consequences of the impact of the mover, i.e. we are
talking about the environmental compatibility of the machine with the soil, which
has a certain moisture content in depth. A machine that is environmentally
compatible with the soil does not, as a result of its work, create changes that cause a
violation of the natural processes occurring in the soil.
Results and discussion.The deterioration of the water-air regime,
dehumidification, destructuring, and overcompaction of the soil, depends on their
intensive use and the applied cultivation technologies. It becomes obvious that to
continue the introduction of agriculture on the same basis (high chemicalization and
energy-intensive technologies for growing crops, lack of a landscape approach to
farming systems, erosion, etc.) would mean completely destroying the fertility of
unique soils. The restoration of the soil structure is facilitated by the use of organic
fertilizers, the rational combination of moldboard and non-moldboard tillage, the
widespread use of well-known effective environmentally friendly agricultural
practices in combination with modern ones in science and technology [9.10].
