Soil & Water Resources

Timely Topics

• Emerging Technologies for Making Nitrogen Fertilizer On-Farm
• Upcoming Local Educational Events from the Dryland Cropping Systems Team
• Where are the decision support tools?

WaSHI Soils 101

Through the Washington Soil Health Initiative, this free course provides a comprehensive introduction to soil science and its application to agricultural management.

Videos

Soil pH

What it looks like
How it happens
Managing it on the farm

Nitrification

Using a portable soil pH meter

Soil Nutrient ID Quiz (opens in new tab)

Take our soil nutrient quiz to test your knowledge of soil, soil nutrients, and soil acidity! This quiz is meant to be a learning tool, so don’t feel bad if you miss a few of them. Soil nutrients are essential to farming and optimum crop production. There are 18 essential nutrients for most dryland crops. A complete soil test report should include most of these although a few must be requested separately.

If you need any information on this page in a different format, please contact us at small.grains@wsu.edu.