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Whitney Harris completed an agronomy internship in the summer of 2010.  The internship not only provided her with great experience and a summer salary, but ultimately led to the full time position that Whitney is now beginning after graduating with her bachelors degree in Agricultural Science in December 2011.  Prior to graduation, Whitney recorded a short presentation summarizing lessons learned through her internship.  Click on the image below to view the 5-minute presentation.

Ten $750 scholarships will be awarded by the Missouri Corn Growers Association and Missouri Corn Merchandising Council to graduating high school seniors and college juniors pursuing a career in agronomy or related agriculture field.

Applications are available for download from Missouri Corn Online. Interested students can also call the Missouri Corn office toll free at (800) 827-4181 to request an application. Students must submit an application form, official high school or college transcript and at least one letter of recommendation to the Missouri Corn office by February 10, 2012 to be eligible for this award.

Additional requirements for applicants are as follows:

High school senior applicants must be Missouri residents from a Missouri farm or rural area. They must also plan to attend a two-year or four-year Missouri college or university and major in agronomy or agriculture-related field. The scholarship funds will apply toward the freshman year of college expenses for high school winners.

College applicants must also be Missouri residents from a Missouri farm or rural area, and currently a junior, enrolled in a Missouri four-year college or university majoring in agronomy or agriculture-related field. The scholarship funds will apply toward the senior year of expenses for college winners.

Applications will be reviewed by the Missouri Corn Scholarship Committee and recipients will be notified by mail on or before April 16, 2012. This is the 15^th year Missouri Corn Scholarships have been available. To learn more about Missouri Corn programs, please visit www.mocorn.org.

Brooks Brothers is getting into the holiday spirit with their new advertisement:  cashmere-scarf-wearing-lambs singing “Jingle Bells”.  (Click on the image below for video.)

Wait, did I say “cashmere”?  Doesn’t cashmere come from… GOATS?

Apparently the Pashmina Goat choir was already booked.

Stock team riders show off their hard work after a successful first show at Missouri State University.

Through all 12 shows during the fall semester, the hunt and stock teams only finished out of the top two twice, including one 3^rd place finish for each team.  Overall the teams finished as the high point team three times (once for the stock team and twice for the hunt team) and reserve high point team seven times (four times for the stock team and three times for the hunt team).  This puts the hunt team in first place overall and the stock team in 3^rd (but only 2 points out of 2^nd) in the team standings for the year so far.  Individual riders Emily Fahey and Elizabeth Miller both won a reserve high point rider awards this fall.  Additionally, seven individuals on the hunt team and four on the stock team have already qualified for their respective regional shows in the spring with several more very close.  The team looks to continue their success at their first show of the spring the last weekend in February and then will compete every weekend but one in March.  –Submitted by Equestrian Team Coach Emily Costello.  Contact her at ecostello@truman.edu. 

Not to be outdone by the western team, Truman’s hunt seat team started the year off strong, finishing in the top two at their first four competitions.  On October 1 and 2 the hunt team traveled to Bloomington, IL for a show hosted by Illinois State University.  The team finished 1^st of the seven schools represented on Saturday and 2^nd on Sunday.  Megan LaFollette, Ali Abbenhaus, Sara Walker, and Christine Tosie all qualified over the course of the weekend for regionals in the spring.  The following weekend the team traveled to Carbondale, IL for shows hosted by Southern Illinois University- Carbondale.  Two solid days of competition led to back-to-back reserved high point team awards of the 9 teams present leaving the team tied for high point team overall for the year.  Kelly Kohlhagen, Annina McMillina, and Emily Fahey all qualified for regionals.  With her strong rides in Novice Flat, 1^st, and Novice Fences, 2^nd, plus the use of her equine knowledge in the tie breaker, Emily Fahey earned the High Point Rider award for Sunday.  The stock team returns to action October 29 and 30^th in Springfield, Mo while the hunt team’s next show will be November 11 and 12^th near Chicago,IL.

You can view a video of Christine Tosie’s first place Intermediate Fences ride at Carbondale on the Agricultural Science website.

Dr. Marty Williams, an Ecologist with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana will present a seminar entitled “Insights into weed-related issues in a popular vegetable crop–sweet corn” on Friday, October 7, 2011 at 12:30 in Magruder Hall 1098.  Dr. Williams is a 1993 graduate of the Truman Biology Program.  The seminar is free and open to the public.

This past weekend, under clear and sunny skies, the Truman State Equestrian team hosted the very first western show for all of IHSA in the 2011-2012 season.  On Saturday the team, lead by first place rides from team president and senior Agriculture Science major Kaity Strand, and sophomore Leslie Ulm, finished second of the eight teams present.  With her ride, Leslie also qualified herself for regionals in the spring.  On Sunday a strong showing all around lead the team to a three way tie for first place with Black Hawk College (Kewanee, IL) the 2011 3rd place western team in the nation and Missouri State University (Springfield, MO).  All of the Truman-owned and other horses from the area behaved execptionally well and the show ran smoothly due to  plenty of help from the whole team.  The hunt team begins their season this weekend in Bloomington, IL this weekend.

Kaity Strand competes in the Advanced Horsemanship class (photo courtesy of Eric Strand)

The Missouri Pork Association is accepting applications for its 2012 internship program.  Internships are available for spring, summer, and fall of 2012 to students majoring in Agriculture or a related field, who have completed at least four semesters of college.  Application deadline is November 4, 2011.  Information is available in the attached files or can be obtained by contacting Diane Slater, Director of Communications for the Missouri Pork Association, at 573-445-8375 or diane@mopork.com.

Overview Letter

Internship Description and Applications

A cool, sunny September afternoon provided the backdrop for the initial staging of “Market on the Mall”.  The market is the brainchild of Agricultural Science majors Garrett Grider and Claire Zimmerman and grew out of their summer internships, which were funded by a Specialty Crop Grant from the Missouri Department of Agriculture.

The goal is to bring a farmer’s market experience to campus so as to make fresh, nutritious, locally grown fruits and vegetables available to students, faculty, and staff and to make this audience more aware of the Kirksville Kiwanis Farmer’s Market which takes place on the square each Saturday morning.  To publicize the Saturday market, each week the Market on the Mall will feature a different local farmer and their products, in addition to the produce grown at the University Farm.  This week the featured farm was Green Valley Farm, operated by the Salt family.

For upcoming market dates and a listing of local farms to be featured, visit this University calendar posting.