Ffa soil judging manual

 · Soil Judging Career Development Event This event is open to 4-H and FFA members and is designed to teach youth skills necessary in soil science and land use. Youth will evaluate a soil's properties and make land use recommendations for production agriculture and home site development. State contest participants must qualify at their area event. The Goals of the NH Soil Judging Contest You are taking an important step in understanding our soil resources by participating in New Hampshire Soil Judging. The purpose of this contest is to help make you aware of and understand some common characteristics that affect uses of the soil, and how some land uses may be considered. Items necessary for soil judging Contest organizers will provide the following: o Slope stakes for shooting slope. o Buckets (or similar) with soil samples for texture – with assistance from official judge, (students will be given samples of each soil texture they are to identify to ensure uniformity). o Tests; General knowledge and Soil Survey.

2. Slope can be influenced by a variety of characteristics and affect the soil in a number of ways. According to your soil judging manual, which of the following would be considered nearly level soil: a. 0 to 2 percent b. 2 to 5 percent c. 5 to 9 percent d. 9 to 14 percent e. Greater than 14 percent 3. The Goals of the NH Soil Judging Contest You are taking an important step in understanding our soil resources by participating in New Hampshire Soil Judging. The purpose of this contest is to help make you aware of and understand some common characteristics that affect uses of the soil, and how some land uses may be considered. Soil Judging in Iowa. Amber Anderson, C Lee Burras, Richard Pope, Gerald Miller Soil judging consists of evaluating certain properties of a soil and translating these evaluations into recommendations for land use. This booklet is a guide for making these evaluations and interpretations. Previously known as PM

FFA Land Judging Contest Changes are coming to the Soil Judging Career Development Event (CDE), starting in the upcoming school year, to better reflect today’s challenges with soil. The land-judging handbook shall be used to resolve contest differences and should be used in setting up and conducting all contests. Decisions of the judges will be FINAL! The high three scores will be considered as the official team score. become proficient in land judging, they gain an appreciation for the proper care and management of one of our most basic resources: the soil. References throughout this manual to “FILL IN THE BUBBLE PROVIDED” refer to the appropriate section of the soil and land evaluation scorecard. Each numbered section shown on.