Out of the tractor on to the plane!

Can’t believe that I am getting away from my tractor for more than a day! I have been looking forward to this trip all summer and its finally come! Agriculture is a great passion of mine, I grew up in the small town of Amity, Oregon on my families grass seed farm. Our crew consists of the five members of my family and two other employees. We may not have the biggest crew but we get things done! Running a small crew gives us all the opportunity to be jacks of all trades. This summer I spent a lot of quality time in my tractor pulling either our rake, baler, disk ripper, and heavy harrow, but I wouldn’t want to spend my summer any other way!

I am currently a senior at Oregon State perusing a degree in Agricultural Science with a minor in Animal Science. I am a transfer student from the University of Wyoming where I was intending on getting my nursing degree until I realized I was not passionate about this career path and shortly after moved back to the valley and get a degree that my heart was set on. In high school my Ag teacher, Mr. Whitman, was the one who persuaded me to look at many other aspects of agriculture and since then I have been fascinated with various aspects of agriculture and the many different ways to execute a task. I know the the Midwest has many different aspects of their agriculture then we do here in Oregon and I am ecstatic to learn more about agriculture in the United States!