On Friday, March 20th, we visited the property of Scott and Shea Bambu near Halifax Virginia in the Virginia Piedmont region. We learned about their goat operation, the challenges of crop and pasture production on Piedmont Ultisols, and dug and described two beautiful soil pits. For many team members this was the first time describing soil colors on the 2.5YR and 10R pages, and feeling very fine-textured, kaolinitic soil materials that by hand texture are very different from our Midwestern mixed mineralogy soils!
A classic Piedmont Ultisol formed in residuum from metamorphic rocks
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| The team with Scott and Shea Bambu, with a representation of several soil profiles from their property and Starbuck the goat on the left. |
