FORENSIC AGRONOMY

WHAT IS FORENSIC AGRONOMY

• Forensic agronomy is the using of agronomic procedures to measure
• And verify facts pertaining to agricultural claims or losses.
• Agronomy is the general study or science of crop production.
• From crop production, forensic scientist can find out about crimes.

HOW IT WORKS

• A forensic scientist will study the crop soil.
• From the soil they can solve a crime.
• For example, soil on the bottom of a shoe.

PROS/CONS

• Help solve a murder case
• Can give police a lead to where the crime was committed
• But it's hard sometimes to track down all places with the same soil.
• Takes tons of work to solve the case

NEBRASKA MURDER CASE

• A women was found in a water pit in Hastings.
• The soil became so saturated that she drowned.
• At first they thought it was homocide, husband was charged with murder.
• A crop company was sued for for having failed crop fields.
• Husband was soon acquitted and found out it was an accident.

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