A workshop was organized to envision a Dynamic Soil Information System. Such a system would overlay important chemical, physical, and biological information about soil samples taken across a wide ...

The data collected before the Global Positioning System (GPS) was introduced was inaccessible, making its collection of the data difficult to trace. The GPS was established to provide information that ...

Managed by USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, the web page offers single-site access to soil data and maps, soil databases, digital soil applications, climate data, descriptions of soils, ...

Keith Shepherd works for the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). This work has been funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Finnish Government, and supported by the CGIAR Research Program ...

Soils all over the Earth's surface are rigorously tested and managed. But what about soils that are down in the murky depths? Some scientists are working to get them the recognition and research they ...

Iowa NRCS Area Resource Soil Scientist Jason Steele uses his farming experience to train NRCS staff and build stronger relationships with farmers Soil scientist – to many people – may sound like a ...

Ninety-five per cent of the food we eat is grown directly or indirectly from soil. Today, however, this essential natural resource is threatened by many forms of land degradation. According to the ...

The UD Soil Testing Program provides a variety of soil testing and educational support to farmers, homeowners and others engaged in soil management and land use. The program is offered as a public ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...