The NCSU soil judging team will consist of 8 students this fall. The regional contest will be held Oct. 7-10 at Virginia Tech. Students were out practicing for the contest in the Piedmont of NC this weekend. They saw soils with mixed residuum, colluvium, and alluvium along a classic catena sequence. The team will need to place in the top 5 to qualify for the 2020 national soil judging contest hosted by THE Ohio State University, good luck!
2019 Regional Soil Judging Practice at Schenck Forest in Raleigh, NC.
In addition to practice, Dr. Joe Kleiss made a visit to the field to wish the team luck on the upcoming trip and chat about soils. Always a good time to speak with Dr. Kleiss!
Joe Kleiss and Matt Ricker