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From academic experts to everyday actions, lessons bring soil health practices to life.

A majority of our time at the Noble Research Institute the past few weeks has been consumed by the scholars' annual grazing project, consisting of prairie species identification and what seemed like endless moving of cattle. Through this process, we became relatively knowledgeable about these native grasslands and all that the prairie encompasses, which up to this point I had only read about in books.

I’m now looking forward to this coming summer in Ardmore with the Noble Research Institute. I can’t wait to unveil the mysteries of science with my fellow scholars and lab members.  

A week ago during a quick agricultural consultants meeting, a tour group from the Universidad Autonoma Chapingo was mentioned. The group would be traveling 18 hours from just northeast of Mexico City to visit the Noble Research Institute and I would have the opportunity to assist with the tour.

We started analyzing GrowSafe Beef data today. The GrowSafe Beef system is a ginormous database and the focus of my summer here with the Noble Research Institute.

When I first heard about the Noble Research Institute's Lloyd Noble Scholars in Agriculture program, I was skeptical about moving to a small city. But with what I know now, I shouldn't have been.

One of my projects while interning with the Noble Research Institute was a "mob," or high stock density grazing, simulation.

I want to help develop the bridge between each aspect of agriculture, from the farmer to the researcher and to the consumer.

Meet Amber Oerly, from Boonville, Missouri, whose trip to the Noble Research Institute in 2018 inspired her to become a 2019 Lloyd Noble Scholar in Agriculture.

Richard Duncan begins his time as a Lloyd Noble Scholar in Agriculture with a mob grazing project.