A team of up-and-coming soil scientists from Southern Illinois University Carbondale placed second in a national soil judging competition recently.
The SIU Soil Judging team took the No. 2 spot in April at the 2023 North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) competition in Modesto, California, besting teams from other universities from around the country. The conference was open to all two-year and four-year schools with NACTA membership.
Soil judging helps students develop skills to identify and interpret different soil types, its properties, landscape features for various land uses. Judges evaluated participants at four sites.
Several team members also won individual awards, including Lance Mitchell, a senior in forestry from Olney, Illinois, third place; and Thomas Stamberger, a senior in crop, soil and environmental management from LaMoille, Illinois, fourth place.
Other team members included: Riley McNelis, senior in forestry from Serena, Illinois; Paige Steber, senior in crop, soil, and environmental management from Olney, Illinois; Matthew Koester, senior in crop, soil, and environmental management from Red Bud, Illinois;
Source: siu.edu
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Categories: Illinois, Crops