Summer Experience with Corteva Agriscience

Hello all! I am a senior in Agronomy: Crop and Soil Management with a Horticulture minor. Classes are in full swing and we are approaching the first round of exams. This is usually a stressful time but it hasn’t been too bad so far!

In addition to exams coming up, the Purdue College of Ag Career Fair is also quickly approaching. In the spirit of that coming up, I would like to share my experience from this past summer of working with Corteva Agriscience as a field research intern. I acquired this internship through the career fair and am super glad that I was able to have the opportunity!

I was “stationed” in Windfall, IN at Corteva’s research site. They deal with corn, soybeans, and wheat at this station. We were exposed to a little bit of everything including planting crews, wheat harvest, pollination, and much more. My favorite part about the internship was being with other interns. Being used to being out in the field by myself, it was definitely a change from that. It was a really good group of people and we always had a good time (while still getting work done!). People at the station were also very helpful and nice. They were always willing to answer any questions that we had. We built lasting connections with most of them there. I would say my favorite experience at Windfall was the planting crews. There we got to learn a lot more from the planter operators, put out stakes, load the planters with the magazines, and learn more about how research plots are planted. All in all, I think that it was a really good experience and I learned a lot of things that I will be able to take to my classes and my future career. I would suggest this internship to anyone who is looking to gain more experience and is wanting to learn more about the plot research side of agriculture! 

I hope that everything goes well for everyone, good luck on exams! If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to me!

Boiler Up!

Kelley Roberts (rober377@purdue.com)