My Internship My Internship ExperienceExperience

Ronni Ronni Brown Brown ANS 493ANS 493

Who I Am and Where I Who I Am and Where I Come FromCome From

Ronni BrownRonni Brown Senior in Animal Senior in Animal

ScienceScience From Bear Lake, MIFrom Bear Lake, MI

Companion Animals Companion Animals or Horsesor Horses

MarketingMarketing

Came from Grand Came from Grand ValleyValley

Studied Pre-Med and Studied Pre-Med and changed my mindchanged my mind

Britton Elevator, Inc.Britton Elevator, Inc.

Office Elevator

Mechanic Shop

Chemical Barn

Fertilizer Barn

Britton Elevator, Inc.Britton Elevator, Inc.

Britton, MIBritton, MI

12 silos12 silos

3 grain bins, 1 3 grain bins, 1 recently built recently built summer of 2012summer of 2012

Britton Elevator, Inc.Britton Elevator, Inc.

Fertilizer ShedFertilizer Shed

Chemical Barn Chemical Barn Sell to farmers and Sell to farmers and

custom applicationcustom application

Office with Office with hardware hardware

ScalesScales

Britton Elevator, Inc.Britton Elevator, Inc.

Seed house Seed house Treat seedTreat seedSell as BEI SeedSell as BEI SeedWork with BioGene Work with BioGene

Learning ObjectivesLearning Objectives

Gain valuable experience in a different part of Gain valuable experience in a different part of AgricultureAgriculture

Relate my animal science degree with this Relate my animal science degree with this different subdivision of Agriculturedifferent subdivision of Agriculture

Obtain management knowledge through Obtain management knowledge through working with different types of managementworking with different types of management

Job DescriptionJob Description

Britton Elevator, Inc. is a full service Ag Britton Elevator, Inc. is a full service Ag retailer looking to add a hard-working retailer looking to add a hard-working individual to their team. The job will include individual to their team. The job will include looking at corn, soybean, and wheat fields to looking at corn, soybean, and wheat fields to determine when custom application needs to determine when custom application needs to take place. Other duties may include take place. Other duties may include miscellaneous office tasks. Interns will also miscellaneous office tasks. Interns will also have the opportunity to see various sides of have the opportunity to see various sides of the Agriculture industry. the Agriculture industry.

Co-WorkersCo-Workers

Jerry ForsythJerry Forsyth Elevator ManagerElevator Manager

Lora FeldkampLora Feldkamp Office SecretaryOffice Secretary

Kala BelsonKala Belson Internship SupervisorInternship Supervisor

Scott WahlScott Wahl Internship SupervisorInternship Supervisor

Co-WorkersCo-Workers

Davey PentericsDavey PentericsCrop Scouting InternCrop Scouting Intern

Ashley FryeAshley FryeCrop Scouting InternCrop Scouting Intern

Other workers including mechanics, Other workers including mechanics, custom applicators, elevator workerscustom applicators, elevator workers

Primary DutiesPrimary Duties

Daily scouting of corn and soybean fieldsDaily scouting of corn and soybean fields

Looking for disease, insect, or weed issuesLooking for disease, insect, or weed issues

Report to supervisor and confer to make best decisions for fieldReport to supervisor and confer to make best decisions for field

Write-up custom spray application sheets Write-up custom spray application sheets

Weekly newsletter and reports sent to farmersWeekly newsletter and reports sent to farmers

Corn FieldsCorn Fields

Corn at about V2 stage

Corn Smut

Beginning Tasseling

Corn FieldsCorn Fields

Ending of Pollination

R1 Stage

Kernels Growing From the Tassel

Soybean FieldsSoybean Fields

Soybean Disease

Chemical Damage

Foxtail Found in Soybean Field

Extra ExperiencesExtra Experiences

Riding with Riding with the custom the custom applicatorsapplicators

Extra ExperiencesExtra Experiences

Wheat Wheat HarvestHarvest

Grading Grading GrainGrainMoisture Moisture WeightWeight

Key ExperiencesKey Experiences

Management SkillsManagement Skills

People SkillsPeople Skills Difficult PersonalitiesDifficult Personalities Sales TechniquesSales Techniques Catering to the CustomerCatering to the Customer

Writing ExperienceWriting Experience NewslettersNewsletters Job DescriptionsJob Descriptions

If I Knew Then, What I If I Knew Then, What I Know NowKnow Now

Would still take the opportunityWould still take the opportunity

May have gone into it with a different attitudeMay have gone into it with a different attitude

Would have put more effort into getting Would have put more effort into getting different experiencesdifferent experiences More farmer contactMore farmer contact In the tractor during harvestIn the tractor during harvest

How the Experience How the Experience Changed My GoalsChanged My Goals

Figured out what I didn’t want to doFigured out what I didn’t want to do

Nice to learn different sides of Agriculture to Nice to learn different sides of Agriculture to get a better full picture get a better full picture

Gained a lot of experience and knowledgeGained a lot of experience and knowledge Not just with cropsNot just with crops Management Management

Not All Business..Not All Business..