Guide for soil id'ing comes to cellphones

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - 20:42 in Earth & Climate

When an agricultural technician is out in the field, without a library or laboratory in sight, how does he answer the farmers' question: “What type of soil does my farm have?” Gone will be the days when technicians have to get soil samples and bring it first to their offices or laboratory and return to an impatient farmer a few days later to bring the news.

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