Frequently Asked Questions

Producers submit detailed questions about their soil challenges through our Ask page. Our team of expert agronomists reviews each question and provides science-based recommendations tailored to your specific conditions. Once answered, questions are published in our Field Answers where others can search and learn from similar situations.

Public educational content, funding reminders, and question submission remain available without a My Farm membership. The soil assessment includes five interpretations for non-members, then $1 each. My Farm is an optional private Farm Memory with a 30-day free trial, then $9 per month or $90 per year, and includes assessment interpretations while active. If you do not continue, existing My Farm records remain available in read-only form.

My Farm is an optional private Farm Memory for keeping your Soil Health Exchange questions and answers, soil-health assessments, cover-crop plans, saved knowledge, and funding opportunities together. It is not farm-management software and you do not need it to use the public site.

No. Enter your email on the My Farm page and use the secure link we send, or choose Google sign-in when available. If you are new, verification creates your free SHE account automatically; if you are returning, it signs you into the same account. Creating an account does not start a paid membership.

Any agricultural producer can use Soil Health Exchange — from small-scale vegetable growers to large commodity crop operations. Whether you're farming 5 acres or 5,000 acres, our team is here to help you improve your soil health.