In honor of the 10th Anniversary of the North American Ag & Food HR Roundtable, AgCareers took time to recognize a few people who have supported them since the beginning. One of those individuals was Russ Weathers, President of Agriculture Future of America (AFA). Both organizations started about the same time and each has grown successful in the support for …
Dupont Pioneer Honored for Continued Support
Long-time supporter of AgCareers, Cindy Heser, HR Talent Acquisition Representative for Dupont Pioneer, was honored during the 10th Annual HR Roundtable for her continued support. I took the opportunity to talk with Cindy during the event and ask her a few questions about what Dupont Pioneer looks for in recruiting potential employees for careers with their company. “What we’re looking …
Day One is a Wrap at AgCareers HR Roundtable
The first day of the 2012 North American Ag & Food HR Roundtable is a wrap. Agribusiness representatives, university personnel and HR professionals have listened two to renowned speakers and already have had a fun evening networking with agriculture colleagues from across the country sponsored by ADM. A big shout out to Tyson Foods for hosting the event. A pre-conference …
Ag Communicators of Tomorrow at AMS
Let’s get an update on the National Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow at the Ag Media Summit. There are 75 student members attending this year and we’re glad to see them. Here are the officers and advisers right before their welcome session that features Ashley Collins, AgCareers.com, talking about personal branding. Our Jamie Johansen will see Ashley again this week at …
OSU Helps Sponsor AgCareers HR Roundtable
Oklahoma State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources is a sponsor of this year’s North American Ag & Food HR Roundtable being held next week in Springdale, Ar. Coordinator of Student Success in the College of Ag at OSU, Amy Gazaway, shares why the AgCareers event is important for universities and agribusiness recruiters alike. “For the last 13 …
2012 North American Ag & Food HR Roundtable
The 2012 North American Ag & Food HR Roundtable is right around the corner and everyone at AgCareers.com is excited to be celebrating 10 years of this event. Cindy was able to take a few minutes and talk with Erika Osmundson, Marketing and Communications Manager for AgCareers.com. Erika was eager to share what they have in-store for their 10 year …
ASTA Roger Krueger Scholarship Winner
Kansas State graduate student, Rodrigo Pedrozo, received the American Seed Trade Association Roger Krueger Memorial Scholarship during last week’s convention. He’s seen here (right) with Jim Tobin, Monsanto, who presented the award. The scholarship endowment, established in 2008 by the American Seed Research Foundation, is in honor of Roger Krueger who devoted his professional career to seeds and advocating the …
10 Reasons To Attend AgCareers Roundtable
The 2012 AgCareers.com North American Ag & Food HR Roundtable is coming up and early bird registration ends next week. The conference will be held in Springdale, Arkansas, August 7-9 on Tyson Food’s Campus. Great networking and educational opportunities are just two reasons why human resource professionals, business leaders, university/college career services staff and association representatives within the agribusiness industry …
Farmers Need to Stand Up and Advocate
Hopefully you’re one of the thousands who have viewed the Farmers Fight – Stand Up video. I visited with the star of that video, Jasmine Dillon. Jasmine is a graduate student at Texas A&M University and part of the student led initiative called Farmers Fight. Jasmine says the initiative started when a group of students got tired of all the …
Molding the Future of Agriculture
Wrapping up our tour at Locust Trace AgriScience Farm, I had the opportunity to chat with one of five agriculture education instructors at Locust Trace, Mr. Todd Harp. He had the students eating out of the palm of his hand as he discussed artificial insemination and quizzed them on reproduction in dairy cattle. This hands-on approach to learning is just …