Compost organic matter in a snap

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September 17, 2025

Compost Organic Matter in a Snap with Dr. David C. Weindorf | Field, Lab, Earth Podcast #132

Compost needs to be regularly tested to ensure labels regarding organic matter, nutrients, and more remain accurate. However, getting compost tested is time and cost intensive. In this episode of the Field, Lab, Earth podcast, Dr. David Weindorf discusses how developing a model to predict organic matter from cell phone pictures might make this process a whole lot easier.

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This episode is based on the Agronomy Journal article, “Toward Sustainable Compost Use: Prediction of Organic Matter via Smartphone Image Analysis”: https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.70121 .
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