Rapid soil harvesting using a novel soil auger system for farm-scale soil carbon estimates

Methods

Rapid soil harvesting using a novel soil auger system for farm-scale soil carbon estimates

Drill-auger soil sampling methods are preferable to the push probe for farm-scale soil carbon inventory due to having comparable accuracy and decreased sampling time.

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Solar and Agriculture Integration. Sampling 30 Agrovoltaic Sites with NREL

Field Reports

Solar and Agriculture Integration. Sampling 30 Agrovoltaic Sites with NREL

College Interns Apolonia and Jacob conducted agrovolatic research and soil sampled 30+ solar sites in Colorado and Minnesota while working with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Measuring Soil Carbon for Organic Dairy Farmers with Stonyfield Organic

Field Reports

Measuring Soil Carbon for Organic Dairy Farmers with Stonyfield Organic

College Interns Maggie and Sar describe their time soil sampling on Stonyfield Organic direct supply farms in Vermont and New York.

TSIP partnerships to generate ecological insights in solar facilities

Our Work

TSIP partnerships to generate ecological insights in solar facilities

TSIP works through key partnerships to collect, aggregate, and store soil data in an ongoing effort to quantify the impact of solar facilities on soil carbon.

Soil Research and Regenerative Farming at Caney Fork Farms

Field Reports

Soil Research and Regenerative Farming at Caney Fork Farms

College interns Hana and April share their experience doing 10 weeks of soil research — including testing a new bulk density method — chestnut tree monitoring, and regenerative farm work with Caney Fork Farms in Carthage, TN.

A Coastal Farm Measures Soil. Sampling at Ocean Hour Farm

Field Reports

A Coastal Farm Measures Soil. Sampling at Ocean Hour Farm

College interns Dominick and Jonathan reflect on summer research soil sampling at Ocean Hour Farm in Newport, RI.

Should We Use Hand Held Spectroscopy to Measure Soil Carbon? The Method Did Not Effectively Predict Soil Organic Carbon in the Southern Great Plains

Methods

Should We Use Hand Held Spectroscopy to Measure Soil Carbon? The Method Did Not Effectively Predict Soil Organic Carbon in the Southern Great Plains

Data from a visNIR reflectometer may not, depending on soil types and dynamics, effectively predict soil organic carbon content.

Distributed Soil Sampling for Modeling Increases Access—and Science

Our Work

Distributed Soil Sampling for Modeling Increases Access—and Science

Why field data for carbon?