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 ...
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 ...
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More farmers would benefit from soil maps, showing the soil types on their property said Horizons soil scientist Malcolm Todd recently. He was talking to about 25 farmers and rural professionals at a ...
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 ...
A UB faculty member has devised an ingenious way to more quickly test soil in farm fields to make detailed maps of differing soil types. Those maps then can be used to design more efficient farming ...