Name: Madison Vangorp Present title position: Senior in Agronomy: Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Minor in Ag Business Role in Agron 114: Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Hometown/State: Clive, IA

How did you become interested in Ag? I come from a city where I graduated with over 550 other people. In high school I took horticulture classes in high school and had a nice sized garden for a city kid. I always wanted to go into working in genetics but working with human genetics posses a lot of problems. I enjoyed working with plants so I figured I would work with plant genetics and developing new varities. Your prior work experience: · Biological Research Assistant for the USDA 2010-current Hobbies/Interest: Fishing, Crafting, Watching Football (Green Bay Packers), and getting involved in my sorority (Kappa Delta) What do you think are some of the challenges in the future of agriculture? With the population growing and the amount of farm land decreasing I think the biggest challenge agriculture will face is being able to produce enough food to feed the world population. I feel that developing new varities and improving farming methods will be key components in facing this challenge.