Name: Ruth Rolling Present title position: Graduate Student in Agronomy Role in Agron 114: Graduate Teaching Assistant Hometown/State: Waukon, Iowa

How did you become interested in Ag? I spent two summers walking Pioneer seed fields and became interested in learning more about crop production. Your prior work experience: -Peace Corps (teaching, extension, management) 2002-2004 · Grew up on a dairy-crop farm in NE Iowa · Pioneer Seed Field Inspector summer 2007 and 2008 · Research intern for Land O’Lakes summer 2007 Hobbies/Interest: Being outside, running, and helping back home on the farm What do you think are some of the challenges in the future of agriculture? I believe that limited water resources will become a challenge in irrigated cropland.