2026 NE Region Soil Judging

Tuesday September 22

• Travel day

Wednesday September 23: Practice Day 1

• 7:30 am – 5:00 pm: View Practice Pits
• 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Taco Bar Dinner – Charles SCD Demo Farm
• 7:00 pm – 7:45 pm: Lecture – Introduction to Soils and Geology of the Mid-Atlantic Inner Coastal Plain
• 7:45 pm – 8:45 pm: Coaches Meeting – Charles SCD Demo Farm

Thursday September 24: Practice Day 2

• 7:30 am – 5:00 pm: View Practice Pits

Friday September 25: Contest Day

• 6:45 am: Meet at designated location
• 7:00 am: Depart from designated location
• 8:00 am – 4:00 pm: NE Regional Soil Judging Contest
• TBD: Awards Presentations

• UMD Fall 2026 Manuals v1.3
• Scorecard v1.6

Registration: The cost of registration is $35 each, for all students and coaches.  One payment should be made for each team (by the coach or their designee by Sept. 11, 2026). The registration includes dinner on Wednesday, lunch on Friday and a T-shirt.

Each participant (all students and coaches), in advance of the event, must complete (download, sign and date, and then upload) the release form available here.

Return Release Forms Here

Register Your Team Here

Lodging: Waldorf, MD will be our operations hub for the contest, and there are a variety of hotels (or probably also VRBOs/Airbnbs if you wish) available in that area. There should be plenty of options to choose from.

• Soils of Maryland – Coop. Ext. Bull. 212 (1967)
• Soils Survey of Charles County Maryland (1974)
• Loess in the Mid-Atlantic Region (2016)

Thanks to all our Sponsors:

• College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland
• Department of Environmental Science & Technology, University of Maryland
• Mid-Atlantic Association of Professional Soil Scientists (MAPSS)
• Soil Science Society of America
• American Society of Agronomy
• USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
• Charles County Soil Conservation District