Geophysical Methods and Agriculture with Dr. Sophia Becker

Geophysical Methods and Agriculture with Dr. Sophia Becker

From Field, Lab, Earth by ASA, CSSA, SSSA

June 19, 2026 · 41 min · Episode 146

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Dr. Sophia Becker discusses the trends, challenges, and opportunities of geophysical tools in agricultural management.

"Geophysical tools for agricultural management: trends, challenges, and opportunities" with Dr. Sophia Becker Geophysical tools can help boost productivity and cut costs in the field, but, as with all areas of technology, work must be done to ensure smooth and useful implementation. In this episode, Sophia joins me to discuss her work studying opportunities and challenges for geophysical methods. If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.70029 This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/ . If you would like to reach out to Sophia, you can find her here: sophbecker16@gmail.com Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7bDF24CF1D-266B-F111-A826-0022480A5E44%7d Transcripts…

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Books & works: Geophysics conquering new territories: The rise of "agrogeophysics", VZJ Agrogeophysics Special Section

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