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Florida Land Judging Workshop: UF IFAS Soil Evaluation Training

Learn to make wise land use decisions in this workshop for FFA and 4-H coaches, leaders, and officials. Discover how to determine soil texture, slope, and water table depth for improved land management. Practice techniques and strategies to excel in local and state contests.

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Florida Land Judging Workshop: UF IFAS Soil Evaluation Training

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  1. LAND JUDGING AND HOMESITE EVALUATION IN FLORIDA A workshop for coaches, volunteer leaders, agency officials, and contest hosts. Sponsored by: AFCD and Soil and Water Conservation Districts Organizing Assistance: FFA and 4-H Land Judging Workshop 01-19-2010

  2. What is it? Local and State contest about making wise landuse decisions Who is it? Middle and High School (both FFA and 4-H) Who oversees it? State Land Judging Committee Who guides it? UF IFAS (Herbert  Brown  Ellis) More info? http://landjudging.ifas.ufl.edu

  3. Who am I? • Professor at UF • Pedologist • IFAS rep and guide for Landjudging (Brown retired) • rexellis@ufl.edu

  4. Participation

  5. http://landjudging.ifas.ufl.edu/ Training Material Click Picture to Download Download PDF

  6. Land Judging Workshop 11-17-07 Part I

  7. Land Judging Workshop 11-17-07 Part I

  8. Land Judging Workshop 11-17-07 Part I

  9. Land Judging Workshop 11-17-07 Part I

  10. Land Judging Workshop 11-17-07 Part I

  11. Soil Texture: How do you determine texture? Feel the soil. Practice with known samples. Slope: How do you determine slope? Walk many slopes and calibrate yourself. Water Table: How do you determine depth to seasonal high water table? Redox concentrations in sand, redox depletions in loam/clay

  12. Everything else is memorization and execution.

  13. Winning Teams… In order of importance: Know the book, front to back, in and out. They have it memorized  Walk LOTS of slopes. They can feel the slope just by walking it. Call water tables correctly. Know their soil textures. In the field today we will focus on #3. It is the single most poorly understood part of the contest.

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