Agronomy Ambassador Blog

With 17 days until graduation, it is time to make big life decisions. During your last semester at Purdue, you spend a lot of time in job searching and interviews. After 8 interviews and many hours of prep, I have 3 job offers to pick from. It is now time to decide what I want…

Coming from a small family farm and learning what I have as an agronomy major has brought me to try my hand at growing a field of sweet corn. The struggles that come along with this mainly has to do with the Indiana weather. Sweet corn is big on having very warm soil temperatures to…

This past week I had the opportunity to travel to Twin Falls, Idaho to compete in the 2024 NACTA crops contest. We traveled as a group of nine total out there. We began our week by touring local area farms and experience local Idaho Agriculture. This consisted of potato, sugar beet, and a different style…

The past year I’ve had the great honor of serving as The Paint Crew president. During my year of office I’ve created some amazing memories that will last a lifetime, but nothing will compare to finishing off the year by making it to Phoenix for the Final Four. The buzz around campus after beating Tennessee…

College can be overwhelming with classes, assignments, deadlines but, in the middle of the complete chaos there’s a “hidden gem” in Lily Hall that has become so much more than just a study spot. For me this gem has been the CRC. Initially, I looked at the CRC as just a convenient place to work…

College is considered one of the most influential times of your life. It is important to push yourself outside your comfort zone and put yourself in places where you can make connections with people you might not otherwise have met. A few weeks ago, I attended a women in agriculture conference put on by my…

When you first come to college everyone tells you about the dorms, the classes, and the student organizations. No one talks about how challenging it can be to move away from everything you’ve ever known. Moving away and into a new spot with a roommate you may or may not know comes with its own…

This past Spring break. I had the opportunity to study abroad which meant Costa Rica! During this trip I saw some very interesting places and learned a lot about the country as a whole! One of the coolest things that I learned had to be how pineapples are produced, and they do not even compare…

This year’s spring meeting was held in Columbus, Ohio at The Ohio State University campus by their Crop and Soils Club. Over the past few meetings that I have attended I have become friends with many of the club’s officers which made this trip so much more enjoyable because I was able to spend time…