Wyoming FFA Agronomy Contest

Wyoming State FFA Cultivated Land Judging

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Contestant No. ____________

PART 1 - DETERMINATION OF LAND CAPABILITY CLASS

SCORE	TEXTURAL CLASS FROM HAND TEXTURE OF SURFACE SOIL PICK ONE						SCORE	MAJOR FACTORS THAT KEEP AREA OUT OF CLASS I CHECK ALL THAT APPLY
	SAND			SANDY CLAY LOAM				TEXTURE		PERMEABILTY
	LOAMY SAND			CLAY LOAM				DEPTH		RUNOFF
	SANDY LOAM			SILTY CLAY LOAM				SLOPE		WETNESS
	LOAM			SANDY CLAY				EROSION		FLOODING
	SILT LOAM			SILTY CLAY						NONE
	SILT			CLAY			LAND CAPABILITY CLASS PICK ONE
	TEXTURAL CLASS FROM TEXTURAL TRIANGLE FOR SUBSOIL PICK ONE
								I		V
	SAND			SANDY CLAY LOAM				II		VI
	LOAMY SAND			CLAY LOAM				III		VII
	SANDY LOAM			SILTY CLAY LOAM				IV		VIII
	LOAM			SANDY CLAY			VEGETATIVE PICK ALL THAT APPLY
	SILT LOAM			SILTY CLAY
	SILT			CLAY				ROW CROP/OCCASIONAL SOIL CONSERVING CROP
	TEXTURAL GROUP FOR LAND CLASS DETERMINATION
		PICK ONE FOR SURFACE AND ONE FOR SUBSOIL						ROW CROP/FREQUENT SOIL CONSERVING CROP
		SURFACE	SUBSOIL
				COARSE				ROW CROPS NOT MORE THAN 2 OUT OF 4 YEARS
				MODERATELY COARSE
				MEDIUM				ROW CROPS NOT MORE THAN 1 OUT OF 5 YEARS
				MODERATELY FINE
				FINE				RETURN CROP RESIDUE TO THE SOIL
	DEPTH OF SOIL
		PICK ONE						PRACTICE CONSERVATION TILLAGE
			DEEP
			MODERATELY DEEP					ESTABLISH RECOMMENDED GRASSES AND OR LEGUMES
			SHALLOW
			VERY SHALLOW					PRACTICE PROPER PASTURE OR RANGE MANAGEMENT
	SLOPE
		PICK ONE						PROTECT FROM BURNING
			NEARLY LEVEL
			GENTLY SLOPING					CONTROL GRAZING
			MODERATELY SLOPING
			STRONGLY SLOPING					PLANT RECOMMENDED TREES
			STEEP
			VERY STEEP					HARVEST TREES SELECTIVELY
	EROSION WIND AND WATER
		PICK ONE						USE ONLY FOR WILDLIFE OR RECREATION
			NONE SLIGHT
			MODERATE
			SEVERE
			VERY SEVERE				SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
	PERMEABILITY						FOR PART 1
		PICK ONE
			RAPID				SUBSOIL STRUCTURE			OPEN
			MODERATE				%SOIL REMOVED BY EROSION			<5
			SLOW				%SLOPE			1
			VERY SLOW				WATER INFILTRATION RATE			1.9
	SURFACE RUNOFF						INCHES/HOUR
		PICK ONE					SUBSOIL TEXTURAL DATA
			RAPID				% SAND			58
			MODERATE				%SILT			26
			SLOW				%CLAY			16
			VERY SLOW