UD's Soils Judging Team traveled to the National Soils Judging competition this past semester after taking first place at the regional competition in Pennsylvania. The team utilized this past year to ...

Soil scientists call this layer the "A-horizon." It's the "black, organic, rich soil that's really good for growing crops," says Evan Thaler, a Ph.D. student at the University of Massachusetts ...

O horizon: This is the top layer of soil that is made up of living and decomposed materials like leaves, plants, and bugs. This layer is very thin and is usually pretty dark.

Chicago, Feb. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Soil monitoring refers to the systematic process of observing, measuring, and analyzing various parameters related to soil health and quality over time.

For Higher Geography learn about soil formation and revise the properties and formation processes of podzol, brown earth and gley soils.

Our own particular soil problem here in our part of Kentucky is that we are cursed with relatively shallow and fairly heavy soils — two characteristics that combine to make drainage a major ...