Soils Team Earns 3rd Place Award in Group Pit Judging

From left to right: Zack Straatmann, Shanee Ross, Shawn Massey, Shannon McClintock (holding the trophy), Jason Mefford (MSU hoodie), Dillon Washam, Nolan Rapp, Jordan Henderson, Advisor Tom DeWitt with 3rd place trophy from Group Pit Judging.

By Nolan Rapp, Agronomy Club President

The soils team competed September 17 to the 21^st at Northwest Missouri State University. We drove all over Atchison, Holt, and Nodaway counties on practice soil pits and for the real contest pits.

Our overall placing as a team was 6th place. We were 2 points as a team behind 5^th place and 10 points behind 4^th place. In the ASA Regional soil contest, the top four teams go on to nationals, so we were extremely close to making it.