One of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) most sought after tools was recently updated. Ninety-four percent of all soil survey areas nationwide recently had their information ...

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 ...

“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 ...

DES MOINES | The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced soils information for Iowa landowners is updated and available for free online, via Web Soil Survey – the most widely ...

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, ...

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“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 ...