49th annual Soil Survey set Feb. 2-3 at A&M

By KAY LEDBETTER

Texas AgriLife Communications

COLLEGE STATION -- The 49th annual Soil Survey and Land Resource Workshop is set for Feb. 2-3 at the Rudder Conference Center on the Texas A&M University campus.

This informal, interactive conference combines presentations and posters about ongoing soil survey and land-resource activities, methods and materials to give participants a well-rounded up-date on soil surveying, said Sam Feagley, Texas AgriLife Extension Service state soil environmental specialist and workshop coordinator.

Registration will be $80, Feagley said. Registration for students is $25.

To register online, go to events. tamu.edu/EmsRegics/SoilsSurveyLandResourcesWorkshop2012, or a form may be forwarded to: Soil Survey and Land Resources Work shop, attn: Kay Sanders, 1232 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-1232.

Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. Feb. 2 on the first floor of the center, with presentations and posters in Rooms 301 and 308.

The discussion will cover new initiatives, plans, education/ informational efforts, research findings, consultancies, new methods or materials, and other topics that serve to further the development, use and understanding of soil surveys and associated information, Feagley said.

Participants can obtain a registration packet or view a draft program for the workshop at soilcrop.tamu.edu/research/pedology/sslrw2012.htm.

For more information, contact Toni Edwardson at tedwardson@ ag.tamu.edu.