At Scouting & Scholarships, we have several different outdoor stations and split up into smaller groups to give better hands-on learning. Here are some of the topics we’ve covered in the past:

• Weed, insect, and disease identification, scouting and control

• How to pull a soil sample & read a soil test

• Using root pits to understand soil health, compaction, roots and more

• How to pull plant tissue tests and interpret data

• Soil and crop health benefits of drainage tile

• The impacts of using natural soil microbes in production agriculture

• Corn & Soybean growth and development, identifying growth stages and taking standing counts

• What you can learn by digging up plant roots

• How to compare and evaluate seed variety & trait performance