Land PKS

05/15/2026

LandPKS Soil ID 1.4.6 enables offline site creation! This means that wherever you are—from an urban garden, to a field excursion in Utah, to a rural farm in South Sudan—you’ll be able to create a site and gather data about the land and soil.

Our world is more connected than ever, but many places still lack reliable access to the Internet. That’s why we’re pleased to share that our latest release of LandPKS Soil ID enables site creation without an internet connection. This means that wherever you are—from an urban garden, to a fiel...

04/23/2026

Our collaboration with Sustainable Harvest International is featured in the April Newsletter of the National Agricultural Producers Data Cooperative (page 6). We supported SHI's innovative approach to training community leaders in regenerative and sustainable practices. Contact us if you'd like free technical support for deploying LandPKS Soil ID in your work.https://www.agdatacoop.org/s/NAPDC_AprNewsletter.pdf

04/16/2026

LandPKS Soil ID now supports Swahili! 🎉 Get version 1.4.5 today for Android or iPhone. Special thanks to Bonstein Sisa of ShambaSense for his review of the Swahili translation.

LandPKS Soil ID now supports Swahili! Get version 1.4.5 today for Android or iPhone. We’d like to thank Bonstein Sisa of ShambaSense for his review of the Swahili translation. As a soil health app focused on smallholder farmers, ShambaSense places a priority on clear, nontechnical language so user...

04/09/2026

Do you work with soils? We need your input! 🌾

We're developing a new feature in LandPKS Soil ID for recording soil pH, and we want to make sure it reflects how practitioners actually work in the field. Whether you're a farmer, rancher, consultant, teacher, or researcher — your feedback will help us build better. The survey takes just a few minutes.

We’re building something new in LandPKS Soil ID, and we want your expertise to guide it. Our team is developing a feature for recording soil pH — foundational data points for anyone making land management, conservation, or agronomic decisions — and we’re seeking input from the professionals,...

02/27/2026

LandPKS Soil ID is now listed in the Digital AgriHub dashboard alongside 1,400+ digital agriculture solutions deployed in 134 low- and middle-income countries. The listing reflects a shared goal: making agricultural technology accessible to land stewards, wherever they work. If your organization works in agricultural advisory, land use planning, or food security, there are many ways to collaborate with LandPKS. The app is free. Let's talk!

We have joined the curated global resource of 1,400+ digital agriculture solutions deployed across low- and middle-income countries.

02/12/2026

Last week Sustainable Harvest International trained leading farmers in Honduras on LandPKS Soil ID. The training helped the farmers measure fundamental aspects of their soil, including texture, color, and rock fragments.

“At Sustainable Harvest International, soil analysis guides our approach to sustainable agriculture with smallholders,” said Joel Castillo, Country Representative for Honduras at SHI. “LandPKS allows us to better understand the constraints and potential of each plot, supporting agricultural interventions that improve productivity, conserve soil, and strengthen family livelihoods."

Learn more in the post about SHI's model and how understanding soils can enable sustainable land stewardship.

Sustainable Harvest International trained leading farmers to use LandPKS Soil ID to gather soil characteristics and make key land management decisions.

02/03/2026

LandPKS Soil ID helps you identify soils by gathering a few key soil observations and comparing them to matches from soil maps. See how it works: https://youtu.be/WU8Wsa7Qunw

01/08/2026

As 2026 begins, the latest version of LandPKS Soil ID delivers exciting new features: data export, a new soil review experience for easier soil identification, and translation to new languages. Read more about the feature on our website.

As 2026 begins, we are excited to share a major update to LandPKS Soil ID, the premier app for ground-truthed soil data collection and identification in the field. Version 1.4.2 delivers new features, including data export, a new soil review experience for easier soil identification, and translation...