GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Understanding the texture of your garden soil is crucial for successful planting and gardening. Soil texture affects water retention, drainage, aeration, and nutrient ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - It's a simple equation: If you want to grow better plants, you first need to understand the soil. "The texture of a soil is its proportion of sand, silt and clay," said James ...

Enhancing Gamma-Ray Spectrometry (GRS) technologies, integrated with digital and remote sensing technologies, for precise soil property determination and monitoring (e.g., texture, total carbon, total ...

In 2015, 21,465 soil samples were collected from 345 villages in the district. The department, according to the officials, is aiming to inspect at least 26,000 soil samples by the end of 2016.

“The texture of a soil is its proportion of sand, silt and clay,” said James Cassidy, a soils instructor at Oregon State University. “Texture determines all kinds of things like drainage ...