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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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Lee Burras, agronomy, at the Farm Progress Show

Agronomy at the Farm Progress Show

On top of a busy first week of classes for the fall semester, many agronomy faculty, staff and students helped at the Iowa State University exhibit at the Farm Progress
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Mark Licht, agronomy, speaks to a group of farmers from Brazil.

Agronomy Experts Meet with Visiting Farmers from Brazil

Mark Licht, Sotirios Archontoulis and graduate student Carolina Freitas presented on soybean-related topics during a visit by a group of 40 soybean farmers from Brazil who were here for the
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Agronomy Ice Cream Social Sept. 3

Join us from 4-6pm on Tues., Sept. 3, in the Agronomy Hall Commons area for an ice cream social Sponsored by the CARE (Connecting AgRonomists from Everywhere) Committee. Comments from
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Students learn about cover crops at Iowa Cover Crop in Jefferson.

Agronomy Learning Community Field Trip

Forty-three agronomy freshmen participated in the Agronomy Learning Community field trip August 23-24. On Friday, the group visited Syngenta in Slater to learn about seed corn production and testing and
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December McGrew with a mung bean plant at the AEA Farm

Students Experience Agron2790: Field Exploration of Agronomy

Agronomy undergraduates recently participated in Agron2790, which led to some hands-on experiences at the AEA Farm and FEEL Lab. Students had the opportunity to fly drones and examine plants with
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