The 202 ISU Crops Team is a co-national champion! The team had great week placing 2nd overall as a team in Kansas City and 1st overall as a team in […]
Iowa State Crop Judging Team named co-national champion
Summer spent on a potato farm
From the east coast of Harrison, New York to the hills of Ione, Oregon, a change of perspective was just what Kai Goble wanted as he searched for his 2022 […]
Region V Soil Judging Contest brought to life by two Agronomy alums
The Region V Soil Judging contest went off without a hitch, thanks in part to two ISU Agronomy alumni. Former soil judgers, Jacob Schultz (BS, 2021) and Nathan Anderson (BS, […]
Taking risks: An internship in Idaho creates opportunity
Recording, analyzing, photographing, classifying, and traveling were tasks Elizabeth Tranel, junior in Agronomy from Madrid, Iowa, became familiar with this summer while she explored the fields of Caldwell, Idaho. […]
Bailey wins the Iowa State Fair weed ID general category
Wyatt Bailey, junior in Agronomy, won the general category of the 2022 Weeds Identification contest at the Iowa State Fair on Friday, August 12th. It may very well be the […]
USDA AgDiscovery comes to Agronomy
We were excited to host 16 high school students from across the country this week for the USDA- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS). AgDiscovery is a unique opportunity […]
Alum finds purpose in Senegal after joining the Peace Corp
After graduating Iowa State in 2018, Erik Endacott worked seasonal jobs across the West Coast before the Peace Corps changed the direction of his life. “Unfortunately, after only 6 months […]
Melinda Zubrod’s internship with Corteva in Denver
Taking on an internship during the summer is a great way to expand your knowledge and experience for the area you are interested in; it’s a plus when you get […]
Alumni feature: Erin Smeltzly
Erin Smeltzly turned her agronomy degree into a career with Syngenta, Golden Harvest after graduating in 2021. Her experience as an undergrad was so successful she enrolled in the Iowa […]
Attending the American Farm School in Greece
Agronomy students Tess Kern and Rebecca Johnson traveled to Thessaloniki, Greece to attend the American Farm School Spring semester. Founded in 1904 by Dr. John Henry House and wife Susan […]
Alumni feature: Leah Philipp
Leah Philipp graduated with her Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy and a minor in AST (Agricultural Systems Technology) from Iowa State University in May of 2021. Leah shares that she originally […]
Agronomy alum takes over University of Nebraska small grains breeding program
In March of 2021, a decade of hard work and persistence paid off as Katherine Frels moved back to Lincoln and into the field, not as a graduate student but […]