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Alex Major gives advice for how to become an honorary Ugandan.

I started off the summer more than 1,200 miles away from home, not knowing a single soul in Oklahoma. I am completing my final week at Noble with eight great new friends and countless mentors and contacts.

As we continue to stargaze, dreaming of the great mysteries above us, we have another historic exploration opportunity. One that is closer. One that requires us to look down, not up. In the 15th century, Leonardo da Vinci said, "We know more about the movement of the celestial bodies than the soil underfoot." More than 500 years later, this fact remains true.

Get the Latest Information on Cover Crops.

The term "cover crop" refers to any crop grown between seasons of a primary crop harvested for food, fiber and fuel purposes.

The Cover Crop Series videos evaluate nearly 100 species from the Southern Great Plains.

Drought and ongoing wildfires turned western Oklahoma into a governor-declared disaster zone by April 13. Ten days later, the still-blazing fires covered more than 349,000 acres.