Soil Science

Farmland and timberland value assessment focus of Extension telenet program (The Canton Daily Ledger)

19 Jul 2008

LEWISTOWN -- How valuable is your soil? Has the assessed value of your agricultural or timberland increased in recent years? Have you ever wondered how your farmland may be appraised? You can learn more about those topics by visiting University of Illinois Extension-Fulton County in Lewistown for a telenet session.

In print (Science News)

19 Jul 2008

Phoenix Mars Lander’s robotic arm has successfully drilled into the concrete-hard Martian soil in a trench informally known as Snow White. Using a pinky-sized rasp, the arm loosened material that was then collected with the lander's scoop.

Role of Earthworms in Soil Explored (Agricultural Research Magazine)

18 Jul 2008

The right earthworms can make home septic systems work better. The wrong ones could do the opposite. That’s the finding in a study of worm populations living in the soil near trenches receiving septic tank flow outside five single family homes in Arkansas.