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 ...

ST. PAUL — Want to know more about your dirt? There’s an app for that. The soils smart phone application was developed by graduate students at the University of California-Davis and is now available ...

Only about 9% of the 77,000+ acres burned by the Mosquito Fire burned at a "high" intensity, according to data compiled in the soil survey Only about 9% of the 77,000+ acres burned by the Mosquito ...

Web Soil Survey, the internet program developed by NRCS to provide soil maps, properties and interpretations for various land usage, is now better than ever. The web site launched in August 2005, has ...

As a gardener, you no doubt know that the most critical factors in your garden are your soil type, how much sun you get and precipitation. It can take a lot of observation and time to figure this out ...