Soil texture is classified by the fractions of each soil separate (sand, silt, and clay) present in a soil.The twelve classifications are sand, loamy sand, sandy loam, loam, silt loam, silt, sandy clay loam, clay loam, silty clay loam, sandy clay, silty clay, and clay Soil type determines the water-holding capacity and thus the moisture content of the soil. It is an extremely localized parameter with great spatial variability: for this reason, dozens of point probes would be needed to know soil moisture “at field scale,” which Finapp solves with a single CRNS probe capable of providing a representative value on the hectare scale.
