Agronomy Ambassador Blog

  Hi! My name is Alexis Middleton and I’m a junior studying Agronomy with an International concentration. I also have two minors: Food and Agribusiness Management & Ag Systems Management.  Last summer, I interned for Winfield United as a Summer Research Technician based out Bismarck, North Dakota. I planted sunflowers, corn, sorghum, and beans for…

Hi! My name is Riley Garner, a new Agronomy Ambassador this year. I am currently a junior studying Agronomy with a minor in Farm Management. I’m from just outside of Kokomo, IN (about an hour directly east of West Lafayette). As a freshman I started out in the department of Ag Econ, but soon realized…

This summer, I had the privilege to have an internship in Great Falls, Montana. This is now the second internship I have had out west. It always takes me off guard when I introduce myself to others that are not from Indiana. Purdue has a “big name” reputation, and being from Indiana, I think I…

Hello! My name is Emily Nealy, I’m a junior studying Agronomy, Crop and Soil Management. This past summer, I had an internship with an ag co-op, Superior Ag, in Huntingburg, IN. I worked out of the corporate office doing tissue samples for all the branches, flying the drone over growers fields, and assisting with many…

Hello, everyone my name is Brett Leisure, and I am a senior here in Agronomy returning from my last internship which was with Advanced Agrilytics.  COVID-19 luckily did not affect the way internship was conducted as other interns had to have virtual internships.  Some of my responsibilities for the summer were helping put in plots,…

Looking back from this time last year, if you would have told me that we would have to wear masks everywhere in public, can not have gatherings of more than 50 people, and we would be forced to understand which businesses were “essential” or not, I would have thought you were crazy. Many internships and…

You know that saying your parents told you, that you probably never put much thought in to? The saying, “Time flies when you’re having fun?” It’s sure ringing true in my last semester of senior year. It feels like just last week I was starting college and getting in to the groove of having my…

It’s my last semester here at Purdue and lately i have been looking back on my college career. These last four years have been great. I have made many good friends and gotten to know a lot of great people. I have learned more than i ever thought i would and even managed to remember…

Purdue University offers so many amazing clubs, but one of my favorite ones I have had the chance to be a part of is the Purdue Collegiate Crops Judging Team. I had done crops judging throughout high school, but it was nothing compared to the level of collegiate judging. The team at Purdue is offered…