The USDA maps and information are free with no user ID or password required. “Along with air, sunlight and water, soil is one of the four building blocks of life on earth,” said Dave Hoover, director ...

Did you know that soil is our most valuable resource? It is the basis of all life’s processes. In addition, it is the medium for growing food and fiber and provides the foundation for homes, stores, ...

The new Hall County Soil Survey will impact not only how farmers use their land, but also how much property tax they will pay on it. The updated soil survey for Hall County was introduced at a public ...

MADISON, WI, JANUARY 12, 2009 – Geologists, archeologists, anthropologists, ecologists, engineers, and natural resource managers routinely use National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) data across field ...

Phillip R. Owens, Purdue University associate professor of agronomy, demonstrates how a farmer's field can be mapped to show predicted crop yield with his technology. His functional soil mapping ...

The Soil Salinity map will help combat salinisation, the Land Use map will allow better decision-making on future land use, while the Hardpan Depth map will help identify areas for agriculture. The ...

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 ...