Today started much cooler and foggier than the last two. ISU provided 4 pits within the grounds of the Field Extension and Education Laboratory (FEEL), west of Des Moines. These pits gave the students an excellent opportunity to examine a Udoll-Aquoll catena. We began with 2 Hapludolls:
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| Hapludoll - Backslope, ISU FEEL property. |
And ended with a beautiful Endoaquoll in a floodplain:
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| Endoaquoll - Floodplain, ISU FEEL property |
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| Kalei Holt and Jeff Tanaka discuss texture estimates. |
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Muhamed Ibrahim and Kat LaBine discuss morphology
and horizon nomenclature. |
We are expecting to be working in rain tomorrow and on the competition day, so we described an additional pit as a team at the Lost Lake Farm (owned by the Dietzel Family), an Argiudoll on a summit position.
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| Argiduoll - Summit, Lost Lake Farm |
The team ended the day with a Q&A session with Gladdie about Tanzanian soils and agriculture.
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Assistant Coach Ms. Gladness Brush (Left) fields questions from
students about Tanzanian soils and agriculture.
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