Nebraska Soils Field Trip - Virginia Tech
Nebraska Soils Field Trip - Virginia Tech
Nebraska Soils Field Trip - Virginia Tech
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4th IUSS Soil Classification Conference <strong>Field</strong> Tour Guidebook<br />
Aksarben Series<br />
NSSC soil scientists<br />
Joe Chiaretti and Phil<br />
Schoeneberger record<br />
a soil description<br />
training video with<br />
Brad Mills, electronic<br />
media Producer at<br />
the University of<br />
<strong>Nebraska</strong>-Lincoln at<br />
the Aksarben-<br />
Paleosol site.<br />
These training videos as well<br />
as other NCSS technical<br />
documents, standards,<br />
databases, and other soils<br />
information are available on<br />
the NRSC National <strong>Soils</strong> Web<br />
Site at http://soils.usda.gov/<br />
The well-drained Aksarben Series is an extensive and important cropland soil formed in the Peoria<br />
loess cap in eastern <strong>Nebraska</strong> and northeastern Kansas. The series was established in 1994 when it was<br />
separated from the similar, but moderately well drained Sharpsburg series. The Aksarben is usually of<br />
Land Capability Class 2 or 3 and is a Prime Farmland soil when it occurs on gentle slopes. Corn, soybeans,<br />
and grain sorghum are the principle crops grown. The primary concern or limitation concerns in crop production<br />
is susceptibility to water erosion on sloping areas.<br />
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