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University of Minnesota Soil Judging Trip to Kansas – 2006

University of Minnesota Soil Judging Trip to Kansas – 2006. The Soil Judging Team traveled to Manhattan Kansas October 1 for the Region V Soils Contest. Team Members practiced M, T, W in preparation for the Thursday contest.

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University of Minnesota Soil Judging Trip to Kansas – 2006

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  1. University of MinnesotaSoil Judging Trip to Kansas – 2006 • The Soil Judging Team traveled to Manhattan Kansas October 1 for the Region V Soils Contest. Team Members practiced M, T, W in preparation for the Thursday contest.

  2. Practice was used to get ready for soil textures of silt loam, silty clay loam and sitly clays and finding the argillic horizons.

  3. Contest day was sunny and cool but no rain was in sight as students worked alone to describe two pits in the morning. Pit one was an Argiustoll with 6 horizons formed in glacial till, loess and local colluvium/alluvium. Pit two was also Argiustoll formed in till and residuum. Textures were sicl, sic or c.

  4. After a box lunch the team worked together describing 3 soils. The contest started at 8:00 am and was over at 5:30 pm, so it was a long day. Below is Site 3, another Argiustoll formed in till, local alluvium, and residuum, with more silty clay loam textures.

  5. Site 4 was an alluvial soil in a floodplain with a burried A and Bw horizons. Textures were silt loam or silty clay loams for this Haplustoll.

  6. Site four was a shallow soil over limestone bedrock. This soil did not have an argillic due to the high carbonate content of the soil. Textures were sicl for this Haplustoll.

  7. Region V 2006 Results – 7 teams and 48 students participated Waiting for the Awards Breakfast on Friday • Team Rankings: • 1st. Kansas – 2304 • 2nd Iowa State- 2272 • 3rd Missouri – 2242 • 5th Minnesota – 2128 Erin Andrews – 15th high individual - 499 Jennifer Mold – 3rd high individual – 520

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