DES

CRIP

TIO

NSH

EETS

DATE

NAME OF PERSON MAKING RECORD

NAME OF FARM/IDENTIFICATION

OWNER OR CONTACT PERSON NAME

PHONE NUMBER/CONTACT INFO

ADDRESS

SAMPLING SITE LOCATION(GPS CO-ORDINATES AND/OR DESCRIPTION)

FIELD INSTRUCTIONS

Soil description

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SOIL DESCRIPTION DIG A HOLE ABOUT 50 CM DEEP AND RECORD A DESCRIPTION OF THE SOIL

SOIL PROPERTY TOPSOIL SUBSOIL

DEPTH (CM)

SOIL

CO

LOU

R

(USE

CO

LOU

R C

HA

RT

OR

DES

CR

IBE)

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SOIL

TEX

TUR

E (S

TON

ES, S

AN

DY,

SI

LTY,

CLA

Y –

SEE

INST

RU

CTI

ON

SH

EET) _____________________________________________________________

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SOIL

STR

UC

TUR

E

(SH

APE

OF

AGG

REG

ATES

)

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PLA

NT

RO

OTS

(A

BSE

NT,

FEW

, MA

NY,

A

BU

ND

AN

T, S

MA

LL,

LAR

GE)

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PRES

ENC

E O

F EA

RTH

WO

RM

S,

INSE

CTS

, OTH

ER

OR

GA

NIS

MS

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AN

Y O

THER

O

BSE

RVA

TIO

NS

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SITE DESCRIPTION

CU

RR

ENT

LAN

D U

SE/

VEG

ETAT

ION

CO

VER

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LAN

DSC

APE

AN

D

TOPO

GR

APH

Y (I

NC

LUD

ING

SLO

PE) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________

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HIS

TOR

Y O

F SI

TE,

PAST

USE

AN

D P

AST

V

EGET

ATIO

N

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LAN

D M

AN

AG

EMEN

T PR

AC

TIC

ES N

OW

AN

D

PAST

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GEN

ERA

L C

ON

DIT

ION

O

F SI

TE (E

RO

SIO

N, C

OM

PAC

TIO

N, P

LAN

T G

RO

WTH

)

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AN

Y O

THER

O

BSE

RVA

TIO

NS

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Use this spaceto draw a sketchof the soil profileand the site/location

DATE

NAME OF PERSON MAKING RECORD

NAME OF FARM/IDENTIFICATION

OWNER OR CONTACT PERSON NAME

PHONE NUMBER/CONTACT INFO

ADDRESS

SAMPLING SITE LOCATION(GPS CO-ORDINATES AND/OR DESCRIPTION)

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