POLK COUNTY, Ore. — Soil science has come a long way since Milton Whitney in 1899 began surveying soils in the tobacco lands of Connecticut. Whitney’s project to match soils to crops caught on quickly ...

Scientists classify soil based on factors such as mineral content, texture, drainage capacity, and fertility. Globally, the 7 most common types of soil form the basis of farming and ecosystem balance: ...

New research conducted at Iowa State University led to the successful creation of a detailed Quaternary geological map for the Des Moines Lobe with a user-controlled level of scale, with the results ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A University at Buffalo professor has devised an ingenious way to more quickly test soil in farm fields to make detailed maps of differing soil types. Those maps can then be used to ...

You can learn a lot about your soil by simply running it through your fingers. Healthy soil is the key to growing a beautiful and thriving garden. Building and nourishing the soil begins with getting ...

Follow these steps to determine what is the percentage of area of your property that falls into each Hydrologic Soils Group. If you are struggling with this section, you can use the deafult values ...

Soil types can make or break the success of garden plants, whether they are edible or ornamental. An expert has mapped out local soil types across the UK to help gardeners find the crops and blooms to ...

MOROGORO: EXPERTS collecting soil samples across the country convened for a workshop aimed at strengthening best sampling practices to support the development of a digital Soil Health Map that will ...