Hello again!
The team has been working hard this semester to develop our judging skills. Through weekly meetings and field days on the weekends, we practice texturing, coloring, and information from past profiles in competitions to practice key classification skills. Since many classifications can influence a lot about a profile, especially texture, such as water-holding capacity, suitability for building applications (like road implementation), and the defining of soil layers, we make this a key part of our meetings! Additionally, we have been learning more about our locations and geological development for two competitions this spring: Soil Judging Nationals, hosted by North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, and the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) competition hosted by Illinois State University in Normal, IL.
This is where we need your help! In order to get there, we need your support today, 11/20/2025 on Give to the Max today. Contests are amazing learning opportunities and a chance to apply what we have practiced. However, they are expensive. If you are able, please help us get to North Carolina and Illinois by donating through this link: https://crowdfund.umn.edu/participants/soil-judging.
Thank you for your support of the team, and we will continue to keep you updated on our activities all year!
Signing off,
Cecily
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