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Soil Health Express covers state with farmers, ranchers in mind

Sue Roesler
Dec 13, 2025
Dec 13, 2025

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Carlos Pires, NDSU Extension soil health specialist and assistant professor, shows roots from cover crops at the Soil Health Express trailer.

At Minot, Carlos Pires and his team set up the Soil Health Express to teach soil health.

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Loaded with rainfall simulators, wind erosion blowers, posters and a panel of cover crop roots, the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Soil Health Express trailer traveled the state this summer.

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