                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATION; SOIL SURVEY (§ 23.1-2615)

For the purpose of continuing a survey of the soils of the Commonwealth that was
begun by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Station shall direct and
supervise a comprehensive soil survey of the Commonwealth of such a character
and along such lines as to obtain an inventory of the soil resources of the
Commonwealth and to determine their adaptability to various crops, forestry, and
livestock enterprises to promote the utilization of the lands of the
Commonwealth in the most practical and economical way. It is contemplated that
the Station will make such soil survey in cooperation with the U.S. Department
of Agriculture.

HISTORY: 1994, c. 433, § 23-132.9; 2016, c. 588.