81. Print-friendly Version Of "Hawaiian Soils Reveal Clues To Cultural History " Printfriendly Version of Hawaiian soils Reveal Clues to Cultural History Another article, soils, agriculture, and Society in Precontact Hawaii, http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/print.aspx?pkey=1275

82. Farmnote 57/1990 : Identifying Gypsum-responsive Soils : Department Of Agricultu Several tests to help identify gypsumresponsive soils have been developed through Journal of agriculture (1987). Gypsum use in the wheatbelt . Vol. http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/agency/pubns/farmnote/1990/F05790.htm

Department of Agriculture, Western Australia Identifying gypsum-responsive soils Farmnote 57/1990 by Fionnuala Frost, Research Officer, National Soil Conservation Program and Garry Orr, Technical Officer, Division of Resource Management, Merredin Soils containing dispersible clays are often problem soils. A dispersible clay is a clay that does not stay stable when wetted, but slakes or disperses easily. The major problem with dispersed clay is that it can block soil pores and reduce the permeability to water. The clay also acts as a cement that hardens the soil when it dries. Gypsum applied to soils with dispersible clays improves the permeability to water by reducing the dispersion of the clay. Reducing the dispersion allows more of the rainfall to enter the soil, reducing run-off and erosion risks and improving drainage after heavy rains. The action of the dispersed clay in hardening the soil (or increasing soil strength) is also decreased by applying gypsum. The lower soil strength allows for more timely cultivation and seeding. Energy inputs and machinery maintenance can be reduced, while decreased soil strength also allows improved crop performance from rapid emergence, improved aeration and efficient water use. The benefits from applying gypsum will vary, depending on the season. Apply gypsum with the aim of adopting more sustainable, reduced tillage, rather than continuing with multiple workings and having to reapply gypsum a few years later.

83. Organic Agriculture Fights Back Better soils. Indeed, organic agriculture is helping to conserve and improvefarmers’ most precious resource – the topsoil. To counter the problems of http://www.i-sis.org.uk/OrganicAgriculture.php

HOME BIOTECHNOLOGY SCIENCE of the ORGANISM SCIENCE in SOCIETY ... PUBLICATIONS Search the ISIS website ISIS Members Area Login [ membership details USERNAME PASSWORD Views and goods advertized are not necessarily endorsed by Science in Society or the Inst. of Science in Society. ISIS Report Organic Agriculture Fights Back Critics of organic agriculture claim that it is based more on ideology than on environmental or economic merit. Lim Li Ching reviews the evidence and turns the table on the critics. If you wish to see the complete document with references, please consider becoming a member or friend of ISIS. Full details here Organic farming has been denigrated for being less efficient in land use and having lower yields than conventional farming, and even accused of posing potential health risks. According to a commentary in Nature by Anthony Trewavas, Fellow of the United Kingdom Royal Society, "Although its supporters assert that organic agriculture is superior to other farming methods, the lack of scientific studies means that this claim cannot be substantiated". But he is wrong, there

84. Leopold Center - Natural Systems Agriculture - Summer 2002 Newsletter soils are our future Natural systems agriculture. From the earth we come, tothe earth we return, and while on earth we live by her fruits. http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/pubs/nwl/2002/2002-2-leoletter/soil.htm

Soils are our future: Natural systems agriculture From the earth we come, to the earth we return, and while on earth we live by her fruits. Soil scientist Hans Jenny (1954) By Jerry Glover The Land Institute As our cultural identities become increasingly subsumed into technological identities focusing on what we can, or hope, to become, we have largely ceased considering the wellspring of our physical and chemical makeup. That wellspring - the Earth's soil - is a relatively thin and fragile but biologically active layer of the Earth's surface through which nearly all of the elements necessary for our bodily past, present and future must cycle. Soil is the elemental recycling center that provides our human DNA with a past and present. Without soil, human DNA has no future. For those of us who inhabit the North American Great Plains and Midwest, the future depends on soils developed in prairie ecosystems that covered a large portion of the continent little more than a century ago. These prairie soils, some of the most inherently fertile soils in the world, are the product of near-miraculous management of nutrients, water and sunlight over long stretches of time. Much of the effectiveness of the prairie system derives from its vegetative structure that consists primarily of mixtures of warm and cool season grasses, legumes and members of the sunflower family. These diverse, perennial plant assemblages evolved over tens of millennia, under the pressure of constant resource constraints, to capture and hold onto anything the system offered that could be used to fix carbon from the atmosphere, set seed and expand roots into the soil. The triumphant assemblages are those systems that waste little, produce much and save for the future.

85. YA Production Agriculture/Soils And Crops Production agriculture/soils and Crops The Production agriculture YouthApprenticeship is a unique program which combines two successful work experience http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/gwblb/ya_prod_ag.htm

home youth apprenticeship YA program areas Production Agriculture/Soils and Crops There is a growing need for highly skilled employees in the production agriculture industry in Wisconsin. By training Youth Apprentices, agriculture employers can play an active role in shaping the quality of their future workforce, improving the skill level of potential workers, and enhancing their competitive positioning in the marketplace. This program provides a framework for educators and industry to work together to produce work-ready, entry-level employees whose efficiency, productivity and flexibility will compete favorably in the global market while integrating academic and work-based learning in school and the workplace. Youth Apprenticeship is a rigorous two-year elective program that combines academic and technical classroom instruction with mentored on-the-job paid training for high school students. The Production Agriculture Youth Apprenticeship is a unique program which combines two successful work experience programs - Youth Apprenticeship and Cooperative Education Skill Certificate Program (Co-op). Level Two - Youth Apprenticeship Students continue their work experience and receive classroom instruction that supports either animal science or soils and crop production. Competency areas include core abilities, safety, ag mechanics, ag facilities and materials handling, crop production, and dairy and livestock production.

86. Science Agriculture Soils - Science Agriculture Soils - ABC.NET Web Directory Science agriculture soils , web directory and search engine, featuring a directoryof millions of links along with thumbnails of websites. http://www.abc.net/directory/Science/Agriculture/Soils/

HOME DIRECTORY META SEARCH NEWS ... World Search: search the entire directory search this category only Top Science Agriculture Soils ... Soil Morphology, Classification and Survey See also: Home: Gardening: Soil and Additives Science: Agriculture: Products and Services Science: Earth Sciences Science: Environment: Environmental Monitoring: Products for Sampling and Monitoring: Soil and Sediment This category in other languages: Czech French Russian The Alberta Soil Science Workshop - Information and details about the venue, the papers and organisation of this meeting to be held from February 19 - 20, 2003 - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Also includes abstracts and papers from previous meetings, starting in 1998. Bob Lippert's Frequently Asked Questions - A categorised list of FAQ's about soil and plant testing. From Clemson University, South Carolina. A Compendium of On-Line Soil Survey Information - Extensive collection of on-line information on soil survey activities, institutions, datasets, research, and teaching materials world-wide. Crop Nutrient Tool - This page describes a number of plant-related software tools.

87. Remote Sensing And Precison Agriculture Multipsectral remote sensing and sitespecific agriculture Examples of current of the soils on the University of Arizona Maricopa Agricultural Center. http://www.uswcl.ars.ag.gov/EPD/remsen/rspreag.htm

Remote Sensing and Precision Agriculture [This page is based largely on information compiled for a presentation at the 3rd International Conference on Precision Agriculture, June 23-26, 1996, in Minneapolis, MN (see Barnes et al., 1996)]. Remote sensing has shown potential for use in agricultural management for a number of years; however, the availability of fine spatial resolution, near real-time data has limited its application in the past (Jackson, 1984). New companies that provide aircraft-based imagery to meet the resolution and temporal requirements for agricultural management are now emerging. The promise of commercially available, high-resolution satellite imagery will also provide additional sources of remotely sensed data (Fritz, 1996). Advances in precision farming technology (geographic information systems [GIS], global positioning systems, and variable rate equipment) provide the tools needed to apply information from multispectral images to management problems. There is still considerable work to be done before the full benefits of remotely sensed data can be realized, but there are applications that can benefit from this data at the present time. Following are a few examples of how remote sensing can currently meet some of the information needs in precision agriculture. EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS Soil Properties Soil physical properties such as organic matter have been correlated to specific spectral responses (Dalal and Henry, 1986; Shonk et al., 1991). Therefore, multispectral images have shown potential for the automated classification of soil mapping units (Leone et al., 1995). Such direct applications of remote sensing for soil mapping are limited because several other variables can impact soil reflectance such as tillage practices and moisture content. However, bare soil reflectance could have an indirect application in interpolating the results of gridded soil samples. For example

88. Volcanic Soils Yield New Clues About The Emergence Of Powerful Chiefdoms In Hawa Comment The study, “soils, agriculture and Society in Precontact Hawai i,” willbe published in the June 11 edition of Science. http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/2004/hawaii-6-10.html

NEWS RELEASE June 10, 2004 Contact: Mark Shwartz, News Service: (650) 723-9296, mshwartz@stanford.edu Comment: scipak@aaas.org . Photos are available online at http://newsphotos.stanford.edu Relevant Web URLs: The Vitousek Lab The Oceanic Archaeology Laboratory Hawai'i Archaeological Research Project (HARP) - University of Hawai'i at Manoa USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Volcanic soils yield new clues about the emergence of powerful chiefdoms in Hawaii When the first Europeans arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in 1778, they found a thriving, complex society organized into chiefdoms whose economies were based primarily on farming. But one question has long troubled anthropologists, ecologists and historians alike: Why was large-scale sweet potato farming confined to just a few areas of Maui and Hawai'i? After all, the Polynesians first arrived in the Hawaiian archipelago around 800 A.D., so they had hundreds of years to develop potato fields throughout the islands. The answer, according to an international research team, may lie in the soil. Writing in the June 11 edition of the journal Science, the researchers conclude that relatively recent volcanic eruptions on Maui and the island of Hawai'i produced a handful of sites with soil nutritionally rich enough to raise large quantities of sweet potatoes. What's remarkable, say the authors, is that early Polynesian settlers found these fertile farmlands, which were originally covered by thick tropical forest, and successfully exploited them for hundreds of years.

89. Biology And Fertility Of Soils-Springer Agriculture Journal Biology and Fertility of soils publishes original papers, reviews and shortcommunications (in English) on all fundamental and applied aspects of biology http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-10027-70-1059264-0,00.

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90. Agriculture Library Index This particular Yearbook of agriculture, soils and Men, is widely considered thebest of the lot. Toward a Sustainable agricultureThe Living Soil . http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/01aglibwelcome.html

HOME PAGE Sovereignty Library Health Library List Of New Titles Added Recently Health begins in the soil. Welcome To The Holistic Agriculture Library Albrecht, William A. "Loss Of Soil Organic Matter And Its Restoration" Soils and Men: USDA Yearbook of Agriculture. Washington, D.C., United States Department of Agriculture, 1938. Each year, the practice going on for several decades, the United States Department of Agriculture published a yearbook. This particular Yearbook of Agriculture, Soils and Men , is widely considered the best of the lot. And this article by William Albrecht may well be It is our hope to eventually present the entire yearbook online. PUBLIC DOMAIN Albrecht, William A. "The Drought Myth: The Absence of Water Is Not The Problem." Pinched from the Acres.usa website. It is not possible at this time to determine the complete citation for this article; it could be one of three different original publications. However, Acres has put it online and thus, effectively, tossed it into the public domain. Explains that much of the apparency of moisture stress is subsoil infertility. Some have experienced that foliar feeding of apparently moisture-stressed crops will "cure" them. Downloads as a small PDF.

91. DerKeiler Directory - /Science/Agriculture/Soils Web directory for sites containing websites about soils. http://directory.derkeiler.com/Top/Science/Agriculture/Soils

Home UNIX Linux Coding ... Soils Soils Sub-categories Academic Departments Erosion Irrigation@ Organizations ... Soil Morphology, Classification and Survey See also: Top/Science/S Links 2nd International Symposium on Phosphorus Dynamics in the Soil-Plant Continuum A Symposium to be held in Perth, Western Australia in September 2003. Details on themes, registration and location A Compendium of On-Line Soil Survey Information Extensive collection of on-line information on soil survey activities, institutions, datasets, research, and teaching materials world-wide. Bureau of Soils and Water Management Philippine national agency on agricultural land and water resources assessment, conservation, and management. Has details about soil classification, soil maps and a soil museum. Crop Nutrient Tool This page describes a number of plant-related software tools. Expert-N A development system for nitrogen turnover models to simulate the N cycle in arable agriculture. The system consists of modular model components for soil water flow, for soil heat and N transport and for crop growth. Available for download. Health of our Soils Publications, general information and description of activities being undertaken in Canada to study and reduce soil degradation.

92. POTENTIAL FOR AGRICULTURE TO AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES TO SEQUESTER CARBON INTO soils While the focus ofmanaging agricultural soils for organic C, several other benefits will result. http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/pr_sme/Committees/ncs-5/doc/csequ.html

93. Science Blog Research News In Science, Health, Medicine, Space Soil Management - Indian Agricultural Resources Portal for farmers and expertsin soil management. Soil Physics and Soil Hydrology Program - - Details of http://www.scienceblog.com/community/phpodp/odp.php?browse=/Science/Agriculture/

94. DigitalBookIndex AGRICULTURE (SOILS, IRRIGATION, DRAINAGE nnnneBooks agriculture Soil (see also Irrigation, Drainage, Fertilizers soils plant life as related to agriculture, 1915 NY, Graphic, n/c, CornellU http://www.digitalbookindex.com/_search/search010agriculturesoilsa.asp

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95. ESSC 401-402 - BIOSPHERE - Flora - Fauna - Biodiversity - Soils - Agriculture - PATHFINDER GLOBAL soils RESEARCH CECER · PRODUCTIVITY OF AGRICULTURAL soils -EMAN - Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Program - Canada http://resweb.llu.edu/rford/courses/ESSC500/www/wwwbios.html

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96. Hawaiian Soils Reveal Clues To Cultural History of soil available for cultivation. Studies of soil and the history of agriculturein Hawaii tell the story of a human dependence on environmental processes. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/04/050418202915.htm

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97. Agronomy And Soils *Natural Resources Conservation Service, Agricultural Research Service, *AlabamaCertified Crop @2004, Department of Agronomy and soils http://www.ag.auburn.edu/dept/ay/

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98. Management Of Organic Inputs In Soils Of The Tropics Intro Page go to full graphics version go to text version. The Management of Organic Inputsin soils of the Tropics (MOIST) Working Group at Cornell University. http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/mba_project/no_image.html

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99. Management Of Organic Inputs In Soils Of The Tropics Homepage Management of Organic Inputs in soils of the Tropics (MOIST) is a rich source ofinformation on green manure/cover crops and hosts an active email http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/mba_project/moist/home2.html

go to text version Affiliated with the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD) '03/'04 Report Info Exchange Interrergional Soil Health Portal The Management of Organic Inputs in Soils of the Tropics (MOIST) Group at Cornell University is an interdisciplinary working group set up in 1994 under the sponsorship of the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development ( CIIFAD ) to investigate and exchange information on cover crops, green manures, managed fallows and mulches in tropical farming systems. The original group name "Mulch-based Agriculture" (MBA) was changed to "Management of Organic Inputs in Soils of the Tropics" (MOIST) in order to reflect the group's wider interest in optimizing the management of organic inputs for harnessing the biological potential of legumes, manures, residues, and soil fauna to improve and sustain evolving agricultural systems in Asia, Africa and Latin America. MOIST coordinates development of the TropSCORE Consortium's Worldwide Portal to Information on Soil Health Cover Crop Listserv Archives (Mulch-L, Evecs-L, Coberagri-L)

100. The Environment Directory - ScienceAgricultureSoil Science fields of soil science, agriculture and related topics (peer review, no costs) . of Soil Science Department of Soil Science, Faculty of agriculture. http://www.webdirectory.com/Science/Agriculture/Soil_Science/

Science Agriculture :Soil Science California Polytechnical, San Luis Obispo - Soil Science Home Page - Rated the top in the nation in the field of soil science Canadian Soil Information System includes information about the National Soil DataBase and some popular GIS coverages. Department of Soil Sciences at Swedish Univ. of Agric. Sciences - Uppsal Sweden, research and education is carried out in six major fields: Environmental Physics, Hydrotechnics, Soil Management, Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition, Soil Science and Ecochemistry and Water Quality Management Environmental Science Research Information - Organizations, electronic bibliographies, and search tools are available here. Forest Soils, Soil Science Society of America - Forest Soils Home Page of the Soil Science Society of America Institute of Soil Sciences [Germany] provides information about soils of europe (GIFs) and contents of some journals. Massey University - Cybersoils contains information relevant to teaching and research in Soil Science. Includes a list of videos, book titles, important conferences, and sample lecture material. Missouri State Soil Characterization Laboratory - Our lab processes soil samples for the state soil survey and for research projects. Please visit for process descriptions.

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