Researchers at the farm near Leonard, N.D., use a truck-mounted, four-foot-long hydraulic probe to pull soil samples from a field.
As part of the project, Gasch is also testing the accuracy of new smart technologies that can estimate soil carbon without having to remove a soil sample.
“It feels like the wild west to me right now,” said University of Minnesota soil health specialist Anna Cates.
“Carbon is messy.
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