Agronomy Ambassador Blog

The past few weeks campus has started to become its most beautiful of the year. After some heavy rains for about two weeks, the grass has turned green, the Wabash is full, the flowers are blooming and the leaves are back on the trees. Just today as I was walking to the union, the Purdue…

April always flies by at Purdue with fun events such as Ag Week, Grand Prix, and End-of-the-Year Banquets. Purdue Grand Prix Race 66 was definitely a highlight of my semester! I enjoyed getting to see the new track and seeing how competitive everyone is on race day. One thing I love about Purdue is even…

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to go to California for a national’s crops judging contest with Purdue through the crops judging team here in the agronomy department. I was able to see orchards on top of orchards, and vineyards, which was very cool to be able to see how different agriculture out…

I am officially down to one more presentation and more more final and I will be done with all my college classes. It’s hard to comprehend as I feel like just a few days ago I started my college career here at Purdue. Now that I am graduating, I am definitely ready to get out…

College is tough. No doubt about it. However, I think there are missed opportunities within our college experience. A prime example comes from the impact our grades have on our view of education. For so many years, I used to only care about seeing the A in the gradebook. I now understand that there is…

We have 2 more weeks left in the semester. I only have one more semester left. I am ready to be done so I can be back home on the farm more so I am excited to be done. Hopefully it quits raining so we can plant some crops.

This year has been a bad year to get the sprayer rolling. Two weeks ago I went to test it and it started having problems. So last week I started pulling the front cover off the motor to replace a valves. The parts are gonna be here this week so what a good way to…

To end Ag week, Purdue hosts spring fest. It is a one-day event inviting the public to come to campus and learn about various topics. They have booths from about every department in the College of Agriculture, with a few others. The agronomy department specifically has two educational booths and sells drinks and elephant ears.…