A soil profile of the Chetek series (coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Inceptic Hapludalfs)

A soil profile of the Chetek series (coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Inceptic Hapludalfs)

A soil profile of the Wyocena series (coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs)

A soil profile of the Billett series (coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs)

The K-State Soil Judging Team is competing at the National Collegiate Soil Judging Competition in Stevens Point, WI this week. Today we saw four interesting soils representing some of the glacial soils of Portage County. #Soil #SoilScience #SoilJudging #SoilCats

Man taking a selfie in a gully with students working on describing soil in the background.

The soil judging team practiced at the KSU Beef Stocker Unit today and described an Alfisol exposed by a gully in native prairie. The parent materials are colluviated loess over residuum. #SoilCats #soil #soilscience #SoilJudging