Hi everyone! I’m Kerri Swingley, I am currently a junior
majoring in Agronomic Business and Marketing. My hometown is Selma, IN where I
grew up on my small family farm raising beef cattle and row crops. I plan to
graduate in May 2017 and upon graduation I plan to begin my career path in
agronomy and sales.
This summer I was blessed with the amazing opportunity to be
an agronomic marketing intern for John Deere Corporate. I packed up my bags and
headed north to the John Deere Minneapolis Training Center in Minnesota. At the
training center I worked with the training staff to train dealers from across
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and even Canada! The training program I focused on
was John Deere AMS (Ag Management Solutions) dealing with the GPS receivers and
display systems. One of my largest projects consisted of working with 2 product
developers to produce information about how the equipment and technology was
beneficial to the farmer’s agronomic and economic practices. I created
agronomic handouts for dealers across the U.S to use when suggesting the right
piece of machinery for the farmers operation and how the machinery was valuable
to the agronomics. I also produced information focusing on nitrogen application
efficiency to be taught at John Deere’s Large Ag Training program in Orlando,
FL where it will be used to train over 2,000 dealers! Along with my projects I also
got to ride along in brand new unreleased equipment and see new technology,
which was pretty awesome. While in Minnesota I also got to visit The Mall of
America (bye-bye paychecks!), Lake Superior, and go on some kayaking adventures
in the state of 10,000 lakes.
I’m extremely excited to start out this semester as an
Agronomy Ambassador; I don’t think I could put into words how much I admire Purdue
Agriculture and the Agronomy Department. It’s completely mind blowing the
amount of opportunity I have received attending Purdue. If you’re looking to
get involved in agronomy, you’ve come to the right place! There are so many
things to get involved in, the faculty is top notch and the connections you
build will last a lifetime, all while receiving a great education. I hope some of my stories and experiences through
the semester are able to give a little perspective of what it’s like to be
involved in such a great major!
Minnehaha Falls in Minnesota
Until next time, Boiler Up!
-Kerri
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