Agronomy Ambassador Blog

This summer I worked at Ceres Solutions and I met this really cool dude named Kevin. I drove tender truck and did a lot of other stuff at the plant. I also had to educate a couple guys how amazing Shively’s BBQ is.

Over the summer I had the privilege to be a Pathways Intern with the Natural Resources Conservation Service. With this internship, after you intern for so many hours, you get offered a permanent position for after graduation. I started out my summer in Clay county, and about halfway through was transferred to Sullivan county. Now…

Well, here we are. Three years later and I’m quickly nearing the end of my undergraduate education. Everything I can say about it is everything you’ve probably already heard before.  “Wow the time has flown by!” “Can’t believe it’s almost over.” “Seems like yesterday I was walking to my very first college class!” Yes, they’re…

If you are like me, there is never a moment where you aren’t thinking about your Google Calendar, resume, or future graduate school application. In a dull moment in class, you are answering that email or planning out your homework load for the night. I have been like this for as long as I can…

I had the opportunity to spend my summer in Minnesota as an intern in Syngenta’s sweet corn breeding program. I had a wide variety of experiences that ranged from planting to learning how to run a Plant Stand Analyzer and working with gathered data. My intern project that I worked on throughout the summer focused…

As I start my last fall semester here at Purdue in the Agronomy department, I look back and reflect on the time and memories I have spent here. All the bittersweet memories, fantastic trips, wonderful service projects, and friends that have come and gone in a whirlwind of 3 years seems unreal. The many late…

Hello! My name is Amanda Pendleton! I am from Lafayette, Indiana. Growing up I spent a lot of time going to Purdue basketball and football games, so I am proud to now be a Boilermaker! My dad is a third-generation farmer on our family row crop operation. He is the reason I decided to pursue…

I am going into my sophomore year here at Purdue, and I couldn’t be more ready! Last year, I was a part of the crops and soils teams here at Purdue, and through those teams I was able to meet new people, learn things I never thought I would, and allowed me to get plugged…