Is the Agronomy Management Program Right For You?
Is CVTC’s Agronomy Management program right for you? Let’s take a look at what you can expect and the opportunities available to you.
You Can Succeed
Are you a hard-working, responsible, and task-oriented person who likes to work outside in an active environment? Do you have an interest in the agriculture industry and like working with people? CVTC’s Agronomy Management program might be the right choice for you to launch your career in agriculture.
Students who succeed in the program like to be out-and-about, working with other people who have a passion for agriculture. They like to see crops growing in the field, and want to take part in in the process that leads to a bountiful harvest.
But don’t think Agronomy Management is just for people who grew up on a farm with working with farm equipment out in the fields as part of their daily lives. While most students in the program have had some exposure to agriculture and involvement in local FFA chapters, many successful students do not come from farm families.
What they all have in common is a passion for agriculture and a desire to work with others in the industry.
Opportunities abound
CVTC Agronomy Management graduates work in a wide variety of jobs, both on farms and at businesses and cooperatives that support farmers. Many work in feed and fertilizer sales, or directly on the farms as field applicators of fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides. Receiving a commercial driver’s license required for some of the field work is part of the Agronomy Management program.
CVTC graduates go on to become agronomists, working out crop plans and crop rotations for entire farms. They are employed as soil conservationists working to protect a vital resource for farmers.
You’ll be in Demand
Local employers in the agriculture industry like to hire CVTC agriculture program graduates.
“They are ready to go,” said Joshua Schulner, location manager for Countryside Co-op, Durand, and himself a 1998 CVTC graduate. “I can have a student who has a commercial driver’s license and their sprayer’s license too. They are people who have been taught properly and are ready to work.”
Schulner says he hires about 10 CVTC graduates a year. “I’m hiring interns, too. They are going to have direct contact with the customers – boots on the ground.”
Laura Reichert of Pioneer likes the soft skills CVTC graduates bring. “They are better able to understand variables, and are better able to serve the customers,” she said. “They are very personable and are able to talk to people, and that’s a very good skill to have.”
Ready to Get Started at CVTC? Apply online or call 715-833-6300 with questions.
