The USDA-NRCS has created the Web Soil Survey (WSS) as a clearance house for soil survey data from the Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO). Currently, there are data available for almost all ...

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service announced recently that soils information for Iowa landowners is updated and available for free online, via Web Soil Survey – the most widely used website ...

“Along with air, sunlight and water, soil is one of the four building blocks of life on earth,” said Dave Hoover, director of the National Soil Survey Center. “Soil is tied, in some way, to everything ...

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A forest monitoring survey conducted more than 13 years after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident has revealed that the natural downward migration of radiocesium in soil exhibits a ...

“Soil health” is a recurring refrain for the sustainable agriculture movement, and it is, at least according to some farmers, what the organic movement is all about. Keeping a soil healthy requires ...

Do you know what worms and other hidden creatures are living in your soil? You might be amazed by the diversity and importance of these organisms for your garden. If you'd like to learn more about the ...