Soils Evaluation CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENT. This is a Skills CDE

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1 Soils Evaluation CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENT This is a Skills CDE 1055 SW Prairi Trail Pkwy Ankny, IA P: F: iowaffa.om

2 AG SKILLS CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENT GENERAL RULES AND POLICIES Violations of any of th following ruls may grouns for th isqualifiation of th partiipants. Eligily of Chaptrs an Partiipants 1. Eah stat vnt is opn to all FFA haptrs in goo staning with th Iowa FFA Assoiation. (Exption: Soils Carr Dvlopmnt Evnt is opn to th top fiv tams from ah istrit omptition.) 2. Loal FFA avisors or thir sign ntring tams in th stat vnt must rgistr thir intnt to hav a tam on Iowa FFA On-Lin ( y th u ats an rgistration fs list low: a. Bfor 14 ays prior th vnt Charg. Btwn 14 ays prior an ay of th vnt $50.00 An invoi will snt to th haptr for th appropriat ntry fs at th n of th sason. 3. A haptr may ntr a sparat tam in ah vnt hl on a partiular ay. Howvr, no mmr may partiipat in mor than on Ag Skills Carr Dvlopmnt Evnt on a partiular ay. 4. Aftr an FFA Avisor rgistrs th haptr s intnt to ntr a tam, th nams of th tam mmrs must ntr on th Iowa FFA On-Lin ( y noon thr ays prior to th vnt. Any mmr not list on Iowa FFA On-Lin will n to rgistr as an FFA mmr using th National FFA MyFFA Aount ( A tam mmr may a on th ay of th vnt. Stat an National FFA Dus will invoi aoringly. 5. A partiipant, at th tim of his/hr partiipation in th stat vnt an sltion as a national tam mmr, must: a. B a urrnt ona fi us paying FFA mmr in goo staning with th loal haptr, stat FFA Assoiation an th National FFA Organization at th tim of th arr vlopmnt vnt in whih h/sh partiipats.. B a mil shool or high shool FFA mmr, (a grauating snior is onsir ligil to ompt in stat an national arr vlopmnt vnts up to an inluing thir first national onvntion following grauation). Mil shool rfrs to stunts in gras 7-8 an high shool rfrs to stunts in gras Hav n nroll in high shool Agriultural Euation uring th urrnt/most rnt shool yar with th following xptions: Mats, Livstok, Dairy Cattl an Milk Quality & Prouts-must hav n nroll th prvious shool yar or in gras 8-12 for th urrnt yar. Approv: Sptmr 23, 2017

3 . Whil in shool, nroll in at last on Agriultural Euation ours uring th shool yar an/or follow a plann ours of stuy; ithr ours must inlu a Suprvis Agriultural Exprin program, th ojtiv of whih is prparation for th agriultural arr.. Currntly an ativ FFA mmr of th haptr making ntry into th vnt. 6. A mmr may not partiipat in oth a stat 4-H an stat FFA Carr Dvlopmnt Evnt whn sai vnts ar hl on th sam ay. 7. Partiipation in on Ag Skills Carr Dvlopmnt Evnt of its typ will not xlu an ativ FFA mmr from partiipating in th futur Ag Skills Carr Dvlopmnt Evnt, if th partiipant still qualifis as a mil shool or high shool FFA mmr (Rul 5) proviing h/sh was not on a stat hampionship FFA CDE tam or a national FFA partiipant in th sai vnt. 8. stunt may partiipat in mor than on Carr Dvlopmnt Evnt ah yar at th national lvl. 9. For th Soils Carr Dvlopmnt Evnt, ah istrit FFA avisor must mail all rsults inluing a list of partiipants for ah of th top fiv tams to th Stat FFA Exutiv Srtary within on usinss ay of th istrit vnt. Evnt Room Conitions 10. Any ommuniation, vral or non-vral twn partiipants uring a arr vlopmnt vnt will suffiint aus to liminat th tam mmr involv from th arr vlopmnt vnt. Th only xption to this woul ommuniation twn tam mmrs uring th tam ativity portion of a givn arr vlopmnt vnt. 11. Any assistan givn to a tam mmr from any sour othr than th arr vlopmnt vnt offiials or assistants will suffiint aus to liminat th tam from th arr vlopmnt vnt. 12. xtra FFA mmrs or othr prsons ar prmitt to attn or viw th stat vnt. Th only popl allow in th vnt ara ar partiipants an signat vnt workrs. Osrvrs an FFA avisors who ar not working with th vnt will not prmitt in th vnt ara whil th vnt is in progrss. Th following ar xptions to this rul: th prsntation portions of th Markting Plan CDE an Ag Communiations CDE at th Iowa FFA Larship Confrn. Contstant Assignmnts 13. Eah partiipant will givn an iniviual ID numr y whih h/sh will signat throughout th vnt. Contstant ags with intifiation numrs may issu. Approv: Sptmr 23, 2017

4 14. Tams will ivi into groups for iniviual ativitis so that no two partiipants on th sam tam will in th sam group. 15. Eah partiipant will work on an iniviual asis throughout th vnt xpt uring th FFA haptr tam ativity. Eah tam will sumit on sor ar or prout pr tam for th tam ativity. Equipmnt an Drss Co 16. All partiipants must ring at last two. 2 pnils. 17. Partiipants ar urg to ring an us lipoars uring vnts to failitat th holing of plaing an graing ars. Th lipoars ar to lan an fr of markings. A fw shts of lank papr will prmitt for taking nots an roring rsults. 18. Calulators may us with th FFA Carr Dvlopmnt Evnts. Thy must attry or solar oprat, non-programmal an silnt, unlss othrwis list in th spifi Carr Dvlopmnt Evnt ruls. Programmal alulators will onfisat for th uration of th vnt. Calulators shall not shar twn partiipants. (t: Calulators within ll phons, itouh, ipos, t. annot us.) 19. Itms n for spifi phass of ah Carr Dvlopmnt Evnt will not unr thir spifi ruls. 20. Partiipants ar xpt to osrv th National FFA Co of Ethis an th Propr Us of th FFA Jakt uring th arr vlopmnt vnts foun in th Offiial FFA Manual ( 21. Offiial FFA rss is xpt for all partiipants whn appropriat. If offiial rss is not appropriat, offiial asual rss shoul worn. Offiial asual rss shall onsist of 1) FFA t-shirt or polo shirt an 2) khaki or ni nim pants or shorts. Evnt Rsults 22. Offiial plaings an answr kys for juging vnts will not hang aftr announmnt of vnt rsults has gun. 23. Evnt rsults will not hang aftr tams an iniviuals hav n rank for puliation. Th vnt hairprson an vnt suprintnnt hav final authority ovr th vnts an will rviw vnt matrials with th soring hairprson for rsults ar puliiz. 24. In th vnt that ALL partiipants sors ar inorrt th oar rsrvs th right to orrt th rsults. Approv: Sptmr 23, 2017

5 25. Eah FFA avisor will riv th juging ars, sor ars, answr shts an rsults following a arr vlopmnt vnt an th prsntation of awars. FFA avisors ar not prmitt to pik up vnt pakts until aftr th awars prsntation. 26. Stat Staff will authoriz susqunt tams to avan to National omptition if tams plaing highr lin th opportunity to rprsnt th Iowa FFA Assoiation. Stat hampion tams that lin th opportunity to partiipat will not allow to ompt in futur arr vlopmnt vnts (thir ligiility has xpir with winning th stat vnt). If any tam apts th opportunity to rprsnt th Iowa FFA Assoiation in pla of th stat authoriz tam, thy will also forfit any futur opportunitis to partiipat in this vnt. Approv: Sptmr 23, 2017

6 Soils Evaluation CDE 2018 Chairprson: Rik Swnson, Montzuma Coorinator: Amr Anrson-Ma, Iowa Stat Univrsity Committ: Brian Lowry, Sully; Anrw Johnson, Clarina I. Ovrviw A. To motivat stunts to gain knowlg on surfa faturs, th soil profil, lan apaility an proutivity, valuation of lan us an managmnt pratis, an suitaility of soils for nonagriultural uss. B. To vlop th aility to osrv slt soil proprtis an to intrprt an valuat ths proprtis for rommnations for lan us. II. AFNR Carr Clustr Contnt Stanar Th following prforman lmnts an iniators ar irtly assss as a rsult of this CDE. ESS.02. Prforman Elmnt: Assss th impat of poliis an rgulations on nvironmntal srvi systms. ESS Prforman Iniator: Intrprt laws affting nvironmntal srvi systms. ESS.03. Prforman Elmnt: Apply sintifi prinipls to nvironmntal srvi systms. ESS Prforman Iniator: Apply soil sin prinipls to nvironmntal srvi systms. ESS Prforman Iniator: Apply hyrology prinipls to nvironmntal srvi systms. ESS Prforman Iniator: Apply st managmnt thniqus assoiat with th proprtis, lassifiations an funtions of wtlans. NRS.01. Prforman Elmnt: Explain intrrlationships twn natural rsours an humans nssary to onut managmnt ativitis in natural nvironmnts. NRS Prforman Iniator: Apply knowlg of natural rsour omponnts to th managmnt of natural rsour systms. NRS Prforman Iniator: Classify natural rsours. NRS.02. Prforman Elmnt: Apply sintifi prinipls to natural rsour managmnt ativitis. NRS Prforman Iniator: Apply ologial onpts an prinipls to natural rsour systms. III. Ruls A. All istrit soil juging vnts shall onut at last 10 ays in avan of th Iowa FFA Soil Juging Carr Dvlopmnt Evnt. B. Th stat vnt is opn to th top fiv FFA tams in ah istrit; ths tams shall from Iowa shools with approv high shool Agriultural Euation programs. C. If on of th top fiv tams in a istrit is unal to partiipat in th stat vnt, th sixth pla tam is prmitt to avan. If th sixth pla tam is unal to partiipat, thn th svnth, ighth, an so forth will givn this opportunity. D. Eah shool may ntr a tam ompos of thr or four partiipants with th top thr sors trmining th tam sor.

7 E. A tam is prmitt a maximum of two sustituts twn istrit an stat vnts. If tam mmrs hav a onflit an a tam annot sur th nssary on or two sustituts, th rmaining tam mmrs may partiipat for iniviual vnt awars pning upon th ision of th tam whih originally arn th opportunity to avan to th stat vnt. F. Partiipation in th istrit soil juging vnt y non-offiial FFA partiipants shall lft up to th isrtion of ah istrit. G. Eah partiipant will partiipat in all phass of th vnt. H. All istrit vnts an th stat vnt shoul not hl uring rgular shool hours. I. If partiipants or FFA avisors visit pits any tim prior to th vnt, th tams an iniviuals will isqualifi. J. If any mmrs of th first, son, thir, fourth, or fifth pla tams qualify to jug in th National Lan Juging vnt at Oklahoma, ths sam prsons shall not partiipat in any futur istrit, stat, intrstat or national FFA soil juging vnts. K. Any partiipant who os not provi his/hr nam an/or orrt partiipant numr on a juging ar or answr sht will riv no rit for th spifi vnt sit or th tst whn appropriat intifiation is omitt. L. Th stat vnt will hl within a 40 mil raius of Ams. M. Partiipants shall rport to th stat vnt hair twn 8:00 a.m. an 8:30 a.m. on vnt ay. N. Evry FFA avisor must hav a vhil availal to provi travl for partiipants to th stat vnt sit an pits. O. Th offiial Iowa Soil Juging Sor Car, PM 1107 an is availal via a fr ownloa from th Iowa Stat Univrsity Extnsion an Outrah wsit (s rsours stion for wsit or th n of this oumnt for th form). P. Tams will notifi in avan as to th ommon mting pla; howvr, th xat loation of pits shall not announ until vnt ay. Q. Thr will a FFA avisors mting at 8:30 a.m. R. Partiipants will ring th following itms to th Soils vnts: 1. tap masurs, yar stik, or mtr stik 2. knivs for piking fa of pit walls 3. lan lip oars 4. pnil (. 2 only) S. Itms provi at ah pit will inlu: 1. sor ars 2. ara of pit to jug will intifi with appropriat markrs 3. watr ottl 4. 10% HCL Ai T. Twnty-fiv (25) minuts will th maximum tim allow at ah of th four soil pits. A maximum of 30 minuts will allow for th writtn tst. U. Th first vnt ativity will a 40 multipl hoi qustion tst ovr Soil Juging in Iowa, PM V. Four soil pits ug to a minimum of four ft will jug an offiial plaings will on y a qualifi soil sintist an a qualifi soil onsrvationist. Jugs will ritiqu ah pit following th vnt.

8 W. Lan ara for juging parts III, IV, an V on th sor ar will mark y th offiial jugs. X. Slop trmination: 1. Staks will loat on th slop to jug. 2. Distan twn staks will in multipls of 25 ft. 3. Diffrn in lvation twn th staks will init to narst tnth of a foot at ah sit. 4. Partiipants will alulat prnt slop. Calulators will prmitt. IV. Rsours A. Soil Juging in Iowa, PM 1106 an PM ( B. County Soil Survy Rport for thos ountis whr a soil survy rport has n pulish sin V. Soring an Ranking of Tams an Partiipants Phass Soring Juging 4 Pits - 40 points ah 160 Multipl Choi Tst 40 Total Iniviual Sor 200 Total Tam Sor Possil (3 Iniviuals) 600 A. Tam an iniviual tis shall rokn y giving prfrn to th partiipant or tam with th highr sor at sit numr 1. If thr is also a ti at sit numr 1, thn sit 2 may us an so forth. If any tis ar still unrokn, th sits shall givn priority in orr sit 1 through 4 with th prfrn givn sussivly to itm 1, 2, 3, an so forth to itm 40. If thr is still a ti, th tst sor will us to rak it. B. Tams will rank into groups signat Gol Emlm, Silvr Emlm, an Bronz Emlm. Tams whih violat any rul will riv a Partiipation rating. C. Th tam winnr on th four pits an multipl hoi qustion tst omin will signat th Iowa Champion FFA Soil Tam. D. Th top fiv tams will Iowa s offiial rprsntativs in th National Lan & Rang Juging Evnt at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. E. All tams ligil to partiipat in th National Lan & Rang Juging Evnt must notify th Stat FFA Staff on or for Marh 1 prior as to thir intntions to partiipat. Thos whih annot partiipat in th avan vnt will not sustitut y lowr pla tams.

9 VI. Awars Awars list low ar at th isrtion of th sponsor an pning availaility of sponsorship. It is vitally important that partiipants writ thank you lttrs to sponsors in orr to rtain thir support. A thank you list naming urrnt sponsors will provi to ah partiipating haptr at th vnt sit. Awars Sponsor Through th Iowa FFA Founation Champion Tam Stat Winning Plaqu Rsrv Champion Tam Plaqu Top Fiv Tams Top Tn Tams Mmrs of Top 10 Tams Top Tn Iniviuals 1st an 2n Pla Iniviuals Top Tam an Top Iniviual a. Juging Pits. Writtn Examination All Tams/Iniviuals Cash Awar for Travl to National Lan Juging Evnt Rostts Rostts Rostts Plaqus Plaqus Crtifiats VII. Evnt Matrials

10 Iowa Soil Juging Sor Car S Soil Juging in Iowa, PM 1106, for intrprtation of this form. Mark only on ox pr qustion. Part I. Surfa Faturs (2 points) Soil Sit. Contstant. Part ll. (ontinu) Contstant Nam Shool Nam 1. Lansap Position Uplan a Intrmittnt rainagways Footslop Trra Bottomlan 2. Slop Narly lvl, 0 2% a Gntly sloping, 2 5% Moratly sloping, 5 9% Strongly sloping, 9 14% Stp, gratr than 14% Part II. Soil Faturs Th Profil (17 points) Part I Total 3. Moist Color of A1 or Ap Dark a Moratly ark Light Vry light 4. E Horizon Prsnt Ys a 5. Thiknss of A Horizon Thik, mor than 12" a or A+E Horizons Moratly thik, 7 12" Moratly thin, 3 7" Thin, lss than 3" 6. Txtur of A Horizon Coars a Moratly oars Mium Moratly fin Fin 7. B Horizon Prsnt Ys a 8. Moist Color of Uniform rown or ark rown or strong rown a B Horizon (or C Horizon Uniform rown or ark rown or strong rown. if B is asnt) Inlus oliv or yllowish or rish ast or tints or othr rox faturs Grayish rown or oliv gray, no rox faturs Grayish rown or oliv gray with gray or rust rox faturs n of th aov 9. Moist olor of Gray with rox faturs a B Horizon (or C Horizon Uniform gray. May hav luish or grnish ast or if B is asnt) rust rox faturs aroun roots or small pors Blak. May ontain fw rust rox n of th aov 10. Txtur of B Horizon Coars a (or C Horizon if B is Moratly oars asnt or uri A Mium if 24" ovrwash) Moratly fin Fin 11. Soil Dpth Dp, mor than 40" a Moratly p, 30 40" Moratly shallow, 20 30" Shallow, lss than 20" 12. Soil Parnt Matrial Glaial rift or loal simnts from glaial rift Loss Alluvium or olluvium Rsiuum Pat or organi 13. Nativ Vgtation Forst a Transition Prairi Marsh 14. Surfa Drainag Rapi a Mium Slow Pon 15. Intrnal Drainag Exssivly rain a Wll rain Somwhat poorly rain Poorly rain Vry poorly rain 16. Erosion Class Ovrwash a Unro or slightly ro Moratly ro Svrly ro Gulli lan 17. Calarous Surfa Soil Ys a 18. Calarous B Horizon Ys a (or C Horizon if B is asnt) 19. Stoninss or Rokinss Ys a a Part II Total

11 Part Ill. Lan Capaility Classifiation an Proutivity Potntial (4 points) 20. Lan Capaility Class I. Fw limitations a II. Som limitations III. Svr limitations IV. Vry svr limitations n of th aov 21. Lan Capaility Class V. nroplan a VI. Unsuit for ultivation VII. Rstrit for agri. VIll. nagriultural n of th aov 22. Lan Capaility n a Sulass rosion w wtnss s soil limat 23. Proutivity Potntial High a Mium Low Unsuit Part IV. Evaluation of Managmnt Pratis (7 points) Pratis to ovrom soil limitations Part Ill Total 24. Surfa rainag Ys a 25. Susurfa rainag Ys a 26. Grass watrway Ys a 27. Contouring Ys a 28. Strip ropping Ys a 29. Trraing Ys a 30. Consrvation tillag Ys a Part IV Total Part V. Suitaility of Soils for nagriultural Uss (10 points) Limitations for uiling sits for houss with asmnts 31. Brok Ys a 32. Evin of watr tal Ys a 33. Flooing Ys a 34. Shrink swll Ys a Limitations for onvntional spti tank asorption fils 35. Brok Ys a 36. Flooing Ys a 37. Evin of watr tal Ys a Sour of topsoil 38. Txtur group Suital a t Suital 39. Thiknss of A horizon Suital a t Suital 40. Evin of watr tal Suital a t Suital Part V Total Soring Summary Part I Part II Part Ill Part IV Part V Total Sor Prpar y Gral A. Millr, xtnsion agronomist. PM 1107 Rvis Jun 2013 Eltroni vrsion Jun 2013 an justi for all Th U.S. Dpartmnt of Agriultur (USDA) prohiits isrimination in all its programs an ativitis on th asis of ra, olor, national origin, ag, isaility, an whr applial, sx, marital status, familial status, parntal status, rligion, sxualorintation, gnti information, politial lifs, rprisal, or aus all or part of an iniviual s inom is riv from any puli assistan program. (t all prohiit ass apply to all programs.) Prsons with isailitis who rquir altrnativ mans for ommuniation of program information (Braill, larg print, auiotap, t.) shoul ontat USDA s TARGET Cntr at (voi an TDD). To fil a omplaint of isrimination, writ to USDA, Dirtor, Offi of Civil Rights, 1400 Inpnn Avnu SW, Washington, DC , or all (voi) or (TDD). USDA is an qual opportunity provir an mployr. Issu in furthran of Cooprativ Extnsion work, Ats of May 8 an Jun 30, 1914, in oopration with th U.S. Dpartmnt of Agriultur. Cathann A. Krss, irtor, Cooprativ Extnsion Srvi, Iowa Stat Univrsity of Sin an Thnology, Ams, Iowa.