Fontanelle, Nebraska
June 6, 2007
This summer
Fontanelle Hybrids,
Fontanelle, Nebraska has six college students from universities
in Fontanelle’s marketing area helping out with customer
service. “Our Intern Program is unique because of the amount of
customer contact the college students have each day of their
internship ” Steve Pike, president said. “We ask them to meet
with growers to gather in-field data about Fontanelle’s top
hybrids, called Dominators.”
Fontanelle has over 1,000 side-by-side competitive comparisons
in the ground. “For our customers to have the best placement
information possible, we feel that we need to have data about
that hybrid all season long, not just at harvest,” Pike said.
“That’s where the interns come in—to help us gather all that
data. From the interns’ standpoint, they gain invaluable
experience meeting growers, seeing agronomics first hand and
learning to work with tools such as GPS locators.”
The team of six interns includes:
- Andy Bowen, Shelbina,
Missouri—Bowen attends Northwest Missouri State University
majoring in ag business. He plans on graduating in May of
2008.
- Adam Glover, Burbank,
South Dakota—Glover attends South Dakota State University
majoring in agriculture. He plans on graduating this
December.
- Russell Kavan, Wahoo, NE
—Kavan attends University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE majoring
in agronomy. He plans on graduating in May of 2008.
- Eric Klein, Minneapolis,
Kansas —Klein attends Fort Hays State University majoring in
agronomy. He plans on graduating in May of 2008.
- Nick Sawyer, Toledo,
Iowa—Sawyer attends Iowa State University, Ames, IA majoring
in agricultural studies. He plans on graduating in May of
2008.
- Ira Spanel, Anselmo,
NE—Spanel attends University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
majoring in agricultural economics. He plans on graduating
in May of 2008.
Fontanelle Hybrids markets
corn, soybeans, grain sorghum, alfalfa and sunflowers in
Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, Missouri and portions of
Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota and Texas as an independent
operating company within American Seeds Inc, a holding company
of Monsanto. |
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