We sit down with North Dakota State College of Science's Precision Ag Tech & Precision Ag Program Coordinator and farmer Chandra Langseth to talk about the winding path that took her from a non-farm background into soil science and agriculture. We also get into what precision ag looks like on a working North Dakota farm and how she brings real farm decisions into her classes at NDSCS.

In this episode we chat about
• Chandra’s background in North Dakota and how she finds her way into agriculture
• switching majors and discovering soil science through key classes and mentors
• why agriculture needs non-farm perspectives to solve real challenges
• how soil variability changes management decisions across a single operation
• corn, soybeans, and sunflowers plus the realities of irrigation and drainage work on-farm
• remote irrigation monitoring that texts when pivots stop
• starting variable rate fertility with limited equipment capability
• using a real farm as a class problem for mapping and decision-making
• what she teaches at NDSCS: intro precision ag, mapping, scouting, pesticide prep, weed ID
• how NDSCS programs split between precision ag tech and precision agronomy career paths

Find out more about NDSCS's Agriculture Program here: https://ndscs.edu/agriculture/

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