Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Return to search results
💡 Advanced Search Tip

Search by organization or tag to find related datasets

Data from: Measured and simulated carbon dynamics in Midwestern US corn-soybean rotations

Published by Agricultural Research Service | Department of Agriculture | Metadata Last Checked: June 24, 2025 | Last Modified: 2024-02-13
<p>The dataset includes information on soil properties collected from two conventionally managed fields under corn-soybean rotation in October 2005 and October 2016, respectively. The fields are located in Story County, Central Iowa. 42 sampling locations per field and year were sampled within a 50 m × 50 m grid, and 1 to 2 samples per location were collected using a hydraulic soil sampler (d= 38.2 mm) from the 0 - 120 cm soil layer. The samples were analyzed to determine carbon and nitrogen concentration, and soil pH in five soil layers (0-15, 15-30, 30-60, 60-90, and 90-120 cm). Presented is the raw data per location (mean of duplicates) with which carbon and nitrogen content can be calculated with either the equivalent soil mass method or by using bulk density.</p> <p>For more information about this dataset contact: Tom Sauer: tom.sauer@usda.gov Christian Dold: c.dold@fz-juelich.de </p><div><br>Resources in this dataset:</div><br><ul><li><p>Resource Title: Data Dictionary.</p> <p>File Name: data-dictionary_CD.csv</p><p>Resource Description: Defines variables and their units for the data table, also provided as a separate sheet within xlsx file.</p></li><br><li><p>Resource Title: Soil Properties.</p> <p>File Name: Soil Chemical Analysis.xlsx</p></li></ul><p></p>

Find Related Datasets

Click any tag below to search for similar datasets

Complete Metadata

data.gov

An official website of the GSA's Technology Transformation Services

Looking for U.S. government information and services?
Visit USA.gov