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Thank you Dawn Dawn Refsell for capturing the photo and sharing! I am excited to receive this recognition from an organization that I have greatly enjoyed being part of WSSA! K-State Agronomy

Turkey makes me smile

If you’re driving through Trego County this morning, you’re going to encounter blowing dust. Slow down and turn your headlights on. KS law requires headlights if the visibility is less than 1,000 ft. #KSwx

Soil profile descriptions in progress w Peter Tomlinson this one is from Northwest Kansas. The parent material is loess and mapped as a Keith series soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/K/Kei…

#winderosion

Big krotovina from 62-77 cm in this soil from Thomas Co, KS. This is a burrow made by an animal of some kind. Lots of coyote and badger activity and they are probably digging up what made these burrows in this pretty loess soil.

Roots growing horizontally at 14" (35 cm) on this ped. Thomas Co, KS.

Celebrating International Women's Day describing #soil profiles, as usual! Another one from Thomas Co, KS

Sometimes I'm reasonably smart. Other days my printer is smarter.

Where my mind goes when someone says "did you get my email?" Yep, it's probably in my inbox.

I want to put $1,000 worth of biological dust in with my seed so my vac fan can remove it.

Soil Genesis and Classification Lab today at Rannels Range Unit where students are learning how to ID hydric soils from guest lecturer Dr. Colby Moorberg. The plastic strips are IRIS films. The Mn (black) shows more removal than the Fe (orange).

Snapped a cute photo of two students excited about identifying Prairie Groundsel today in Soil Genesis lab

Headed to Cameroon for #soil adventures with Georges M. Ndzana and one important step in the process is trying hard NOT to get malaria 🦟 🇨🇲 Stay tuned for lots of awesome soil photos!

First #soil in Cameroon is this Oxisol (way top of road cut) weathering in gniess. We dug around that gniess a lot looking at saprolite weathering. Man on the left is my gracious host Dr. Georges Ndzana of Dschang U.

Today's Cameroon happenings included a roadtrip from Yaounde to Chang and tons of Oxisols, including the house! Lunch was grilled plums (like an avocado) and grilled plantains. Used a thesis page as a plate

Rainy season in Cameroon

Back in the US, grading final Soil Genesis and Classification final exams. Waiting for my last flight. Takes about 30 hours to get from 🇨🇲 to Kansas 🌻 🌾

Made a display for my office of #soil pans. Big white one is Bqm from Idaho, which means its a duripan cemented with mostly silica. Small white is petrocalcic aka caliche from NW KS, Bkkm cemented with carbonates. Orange/black is orstein, Bsm, Wisonsin, cemented with iron

Gah. I see my one and only DOGE request did not happen. Vaguely, it was in regards to DOT and FMCSA. Safety is important, that's obvious. But FMSCA paperwork is a nightmare, and the drug and alcohol testing procedures make zero sense, plus why does the employer pay for it?!?!