Aggies in the Mississippi Delta

Undergraduate students from the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Texas A&M University recently traveled to Scott, Mississippi, to visit the Monsanto Learning Center. The center hosts thousands of visitors each year. It contains 130 acres of research and demonstration plots focused on cotton, corn and soybean production. The program at the center addresses problems and opportunities encountered on rich alluvial silt-loam and heavy clay soils in the Mid-South. They also learned about strategies employed by Monsanto to improve food and fiber production in the U.S. and around the world. This trip is part of a high-impact learning experience class (SCSC 305) taught by Dr. Steve Hague, which introduces students to the industry of soil and crop sciences.