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Soil Study and Land Evaluation Materials
for Land Judging Competitions

Land judging competitions are held every year in many Wisconsin high schools, FFA and 4-H programs.  The official handbook, event guidelines and Scorecards for Wisconsin competitions are provided below.  All files are Adobe Acrobat PDF .

Soil Study and Land Evaluation Handbook (revised Jan. 2008)  

  • Part I.  Site  (3MB)
  • Part II.  Soil Limitations and Part III.  Land Capability Classes  1.6 MB
  • Part IV.  Conservation Practices for Long Term Land Use and Part V.  Non-Ag Land Use Limitations 2.7 MB
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    Complete Handbook  (this file contains the entire handbook all in one document - 7 MB)
    High resolution file for printing only (15MB)
     

    Event Planning Guide

          Instructions for planning and hosting a competition.
     

    Pit Information Cards (Site Card)

           Print Pit Information Cards on white 11x17 paper, laminate if possible.  Four color-coded cards are provided.
     

    Soil Study and Land Evaluation Scorecard (individual scorecards)

          Print four for each contestant.  Print back-to-back on heavy 8.5x11 paper, color-coded
            to match each Pit Information Card - pink, blue, yellow, green
     

    Team Scorecard/ Envelopes

         Print on 10"x13" envelopes, or 11x17 paper, and trim and tape to envelopes.
     

    Other soil judging information of interest:

    Soil Judging Contacts:       Rick Lange, NRCS  or Ken Engelke, WAAE Soil Committee
    For technical problems with this website, contact Renae Anderson, NRCS

     



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