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Wyoming FFA Agronomy Contest

PART F - Soils and Land Judging

  1. Time: 45 minutes
  2. Value: 300 points
  3. Test
    1. Determination of land capability class. (200 pts)
      Land Classes I-VIII (See Score Card)
    2. Fertilizer and Soil Amendments. (100 pts)
      (See Score card)

FFA CULTIVATED LAND JUDGING CONTEST DESCRIPTION

The contestant will be supplied with the following materials for use during the contest.
  1. A sample of the surface soil, which must be hand textured. This information will be used to select the surface textural class and the surface textural group in Part 1.
  2. A textural triangle, which will be used to determine the texture of the subsoil from the data supplied on the scorecard for Part 1.
  3. Two views (slides on a screen) of the soil to be judged in Part 1, which will be used to help determine Land Class and Vegetative Treatment.
  4. A copy of the Guide to Wyoming Fertilizer Recommendations, which will be used with data in Part 2 of the exam, to determine fertilizer recommendations.
  5. A two page scorecard for entering the contestants answers.