2023-2024 was a busy year for the NCSU soil judging team. The team placed 2nd at the regional contest hosted by WVU from October 2-5, 2023. True freshman Sarah Bailey placed 1st overall in the contest and senior Lexi Seal placed 8th overall in the contest.
2023 Regional West Virginia University (L to R): Adam Miller, Sarah Bailey, Francesca Gerevase, Tommy Godwin, Jordan Harris, Sarah Tolman, Lexi Seal, Michael Caldwell
The 2024 National Soil Judging Contest was hosted by Iowa State University April 21-26, 2024. The team learned a lot about glacial soils, loess, and Mollisols. Overall the team placed 5th of 24 teams in the country, extending the NCSU team’s record consecutive top 10 finishes at the nationals to 4 in a row.
Typical Iowa Mollisol.
Typical Iowa landscape, till plains. 
NCSU soil judging team fighting the cold and wind of Iowa in spring.