A Summer with John Deere

Hi everyone! I am Jordan Michel, a senior double majoring in Agricultural Sales and Marketing and Agronomy: Crop and Soil Management with a Certificate of Entrepreneurship from North Manchester, Indiana.

This summer I had the opportunity to combine both majors through an internship with John Deere in Des Moines, Iowa with their Intelligent Solutions Group (John Deere’s Precision Ag Division). While a little nervous to move away for the summer as I had never had an internship outside of Indiana, I was so excited for this amazing opportunity to combine so many of my passions! 

During my summer I primarily worked on the product launch for Manure Constituent Sensing, a product that generates an as-applied map for liquid manure applications. This was an awesome project as I was able to see this game-changing product go-to market.  The rest of my summer was spent collecting customer needs, generating compatibility charts, and working with future products. 

If you’re a fan of green (or even if you’re not) and marketing, feel free to talk to me more about my experiences!