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Soil Study and Land Evaluation Materials
for Land Judging Competitions - Revised Feb. 2009

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 .

Please note: Summary of changes for 2009

 

Soil Study and Land Evaluation Handbook   (2MB PDF)

 

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.
 

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

        Practice Electronic Individual Scorecard  (pdf, 193 kb) For Practice only.  Individual scorecards for electronic scanning cannot be duplicated.)

 
 

Team Scorecard/ Envelopes

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

Score Calculator Spreadsheet (.xlsm)

     Spreadsheet to calculate individual and team scores for Land Judging competitions.  Works in any contest, and includes instructions for entering the data and ranking. (.xlsm file 142 kb)
 

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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