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Agronomy student Sabrina Becker finds a parking sign humorous during her internship in Ozark, MO.

Agronomy Student Gains Experience as USDA-NRCS Soil Conservationist Intern

Sabrina Becker is a fourth year agronomy and environmental science student from Stuart, Iowa. Over the summer, she gained valuable experience working as a Student Trainee Soil Conservationist for USDA-NRCS
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Graduate student Carolina Freitas, left, and agronomy professor Sotirios Archontoulis use a probe to measure subsurface moisture in one of their experimental plots of soybeans at the Ag Engineering and Agronomy Research Farm near Boone.

Farming soybeans after soybeans, a rarity in Iowa, gets a closer look

In most of Iowa’s fields, three out of every four acres, farmers rotate annually between planting corn and soybeans. Barely any fields see soybeans year after year, a practice discouraged
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Agronomists around the world speaker series

Agronomists from Around the World

Hyeonji Song of South Korea and Amina Moro of Ghana were the first speakers of the fall semester for the Agronomists from Around the World (AAW) seminar series on Sept.
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Dr. Walter Suza

Dr. Suza Named to 2024 Top Agri-Food Pioneers List

Dr. Suza was named to the Top Agrifood Pioneers (TAP) List by the World Food Prize Foundation, Emerging Leaders Academy. In honor of the organization’s 38th anniversary, 38 global innovators
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Graduate students and research staff that participated in the ISRC research day.

Agronomy Graduate Students/Research Staff Participate in ISRC Research Day

Several agronomy graduate students participated in the Iowa Soybean Research Center’s first ever research day on September 5 at Reiman Gardens. The event was an opportunity to showcase ISU student
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Agronomy student Molly Blum with a drone.

Agronomy Student Earns Wings during Summer Internship

Molly Blum, a sophomore in agronomy from Polo, Illinois, spent her summer working and gaining valuable experience, as well as earning some new credentials during a summer internship with Thomas
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