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The Delta Region in southeast Missouri includes soils from heavy clay loam to sandy, which allows this area to grow a variety of crops, as was explained at a field day at the University of Missouri Fisher Delta Research Center in Portageville.
Photo courtesy Fisher Delta Research Extension and Education CenterWhen soil types are marked in color on a map of Missouri, it looks like a basket of Easter eggs. It is more colorful than neighboring Illinois and Iowa, which don’t have the same soils found in the Ozarks or in sandy southern Missouri, where rice and cotton can grow.
Missouri’s soil map is more colorful than neighboring Illinois and Iowa, which don’t have the same soils found in the Ozarks or in sandy southern Missouri, where rice and cotton can grow.
Map courtesy Jorge Lugo-Camacho Missouri State Soil Scientist USDA-NRCSGet local news delivered to your inbox!
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The Delta Region in southeast Missouri includes soils from heavy clay loam to sandy, which allows this area to grow a variety of crops, as was explained at a field day at the University of Missouri Fisher Delta Research Center in Portageville.
Missouri’s soil map is more colorful than neighboring Illinois and Iowa, which don’t have the same soils found in the Ozarks or in sandy southern Missouri, where rice and cotton can grow.
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