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Ag/NatR Internship:  PIM- Agronomy

 

Name:

Major:

Summer:

Sara Krippner

Plant Industries Management- Agronomy

2003

 

 

Place of Employment:

Address:

City:

State/Province:

ZIP/Postal Code:

Company/Org. URL:

 

Soygenetics

49240 State Hwy 28

Morris

MN

56267

 

 

Supervisor/Position:

Phone Number:

Steve Busse   Station manager

(320) 589-1116

 

 

Job Title:

Intern/ research assistant

 

 

Job Responsibilities:

Post planting preparation, spring planting, rouging, crossing in the crossing block, weeding, taking flower notes, and cleaning.  There were many special projects including building crates for seed tests, making a grain dryer, emptying bags of seed into the wagon for the elevator.  I directed the crew workers in a lot of the field work.

 

 

Summarize Your
Experience:



 

The crew and my boss were both friendly and helpful during my internship.  I was able to ask questions and discover what research goes on behind a new line of soybeans.  It was a good experience for learning about researching techniques on a large scale project. 

 

What I liked most about
the job:

 

I liked the laid back atmosphere and the humor of the crew the most.  I enjoy outdoor work, and most of this work is done outside or in the shop.

 

Challenges on the job:

 

 

The monotony of the work at times made it difficult to stay interested in the work.  It is a fairly new company and there are different ideas of how it should be run between the full time workers.