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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.
 

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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