About 27 percent of Georgia's prime farmland is in areas of Tifton soils, which are among the state's most important agricultural soils. Cotton, peanuts, soybeans, and corn are the principal crops grown on these soils. Links Learn more about Tifton soils from the National Cooperative Soil Survey . It is found in no other state but Florida, where it occurs on over 1 million acres, making it the state's most extensive soil. The Florida Association of Professional Soil Classifiers and the Florida Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society worked together to promote Myakka, which was designated the state soil on May 22, 1989.
Description commemorate the state s unique soil legacy.
It is very fitting that they adopted Myakka, a typical flatwoods soil, as the state soil to acknowledge the heritage that has made agriculture the state s major industry. Sandy, siliceous, hyperthermic Aeric Alaquods Uses Links Learn more about Myakka soils from the National Cooperative Soil Survey . Distribution Bama soils occur on more than 360,000 acres in 26 counties in Alabama, mainly in the western and central parts of the state, paralleling major river systems. Description Bama soils formed in thick deposits of loamy fluvial or marine sediments. Bama soils are well drained, have desirable physical properties, and are in high positions on the landscape.