Abstract
Of the four major components of production ... land, labor, capital, and management ... land (soil) is the one which is the most basic. This ls because soil characteristics are largely "fixed" and determine, along with the climatic regime, the crop species which will perform best in a given field. For this reason. It Is basic in planning a cropping system to know root-zone physical and chemical characteristics of soils which occur on the tract being planned. With such information, crops can be matched to sell productivity to "make land as least limiting as possible." A good soils map is the best source of this information. These are available from published county Soll Survey Reports or from farm soil maps prepared by the USDA-Soll Conservotion Service.
Publication Date
6-1987
Volume
8
Number
6
Repository Citation
Rice, Harold B. and Wells, Kenneth L., "Basic Steps in Laying Out a Land Tract to Optimize Forage Production and Intensive Grazing Management" (1987). Soil Science News and Views. 102.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/pss_views/102
