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I Know What You Did This Summer: Justin Wendling
8/8/2018 6:39:00 PM | Men's Golf
GoRacers.com concludes its series on summer internships by Racer student-athletes with men's golf's Justin Wendling, a junior agricultural science major from Lithia, Florida. Wendling is spending his summer working on a research farm in Owensboro, Kentucky with Loveland Products.
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GoRacers.com Tell us a little bit about what you are doing this summer at your internship.
Justin Wendling: This summer I have had the opportunity to intern on a research farm for Loveland Products in Owensboro, Kentucky. Loveland represents a very large chemical portfolio used in the agricultural industry across North America. Loveland's portfolio consists of an array of different herbicides, insecticides, adjuvants, and foliar nutritionals. In order to test different combinations of these products, over 120 individual research trials are conducted here at the farm each growing season. These products are also tested against competitors from other companies and experimental products that haven't been introduced to the market yet.
GR: How will this internship help you get a job in your field after graduation?
JW: This internship has provided me the opportunity to experience different areas of the modern ag industry, which in turn has helped me decide which field I want to go into after graduating from Murray State. Over the past three months I have had the opportunity to meet countless important figures, not only from the Kentucky area but people from across the country. I have established many great relationships that will last a lifetime.
GR: What is something you have already learned this summer that you did not know before?
JW: Honestly, I have learned so much this summer it would be too much to put into this short amount of time. In summary, I could say that I have learned how the research and development side of the ag industry is conducted and I have gained an understanding of how products not just from Loveland but from all companies transform from small samples in the lab, to global commodities through the process of small plot research. From mixing and spraying different chemical combinations to harvesting wheat and planting double crop beans, I have learned and experienced many years of knowledge in just three months.
GR: What is the one thing you want to take away from this experience?
JW: I think the main thing I want to take away from this experience is how many steps and different elements factor into modern day agriculture. When most people hear "ag" they simply think of an old farmer and a few pieces of equipment. What most people don't realize is there are hundreds of different steps and experiments that are necessary to supply the modern farmer with the supplies needed to grow crops that put food on our tables. I have had the privilege to experience some of these processes first hand.
GR: What has been your favorite thing that you have done so far?
JW: Out of all the different things I've been able to take part in this summer, it would be too hard to select a certain one to consider my favorite thing to do. However, I have enjoyed the agronomic side of research more than others. This includes taking tissue and soil samples from certain trials to observe the effects that different products cause on the nutrient levels of these crops. With this, I have decided to focus more on the agronomy side of the ag industry as I become closer to graduation.
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GoRacers.com Tell us a little bit about what you are doing this summer at your internship.
Justin Wendling: This summer I have had the opportunity to intern on a research farm for Loveland Products in Owensboro, Kentucky. Loveland represents a very large chemical portfolio used in the agricultural industry across North America. Loveland's portfolio consists of an array of different herbicides, insecticides, adjuvants, and foliar nutritionals. In order to test different combinations of these products, over 120 individual research trials are conducted here at the farm each growing season. These products are also tested against competitors from other companies and experimental products that haven't been introduced to the market yet.
GR: How will this internship help you get a job in your field after graduation?
JW: This internship has provided me the opportunity to experience different areas of the modern ag industry, which in turn has helped me decide which field I want to go into after graduating from Murray State. Over the past three months I have had the opportunity to meet countless important figures, not only from the Kentucky area but people from across the country. I have established many great relationships that will last a lifetime.
GR: What is something you have already learned this summer that you did not know before?
JW: Honestly, I have learned so much this summer it would be too much to put into this short amount of time. In summary, I could say that I have learned how the research and development side of the ag industry is conducted and I have gained an understanding of how products not just from Loveland but from all companies transform from small samples in the lab, to global commodities through the process of small plot research. From mixing and spraying different chemical combinations to harvesting wheat and planting double crop beans, I have learned and experienced many years of knowledge in just three months.
GR: What is the one thing you want to take away from this experience?
JW: I think the main thing I want to take away from this experience is how many steps and different elements factor into modern day agriculture. When most people hear "ag" they simply think of an old farmer and a few pieces of equipment. What most people don't realize is there are hundreds of different steps and experiments that are necessary to supply the modern farmer with the supplies needed to grow crops that put food on our tables. I have had the privilege to experience some of these processes first hand.
GR: What has been your favorite thing that you have done so far?
JW: Out of all the different things I've been able to take part in this summer, it would be too hard to select a certain one to consider my favorite thing to do. However, I have enjoyed the agronomic side of research more than others. This includes taking tissue and soil samples from certain trials to observe the effects that different products cause on the nutrient levels of these crops. With this, I have decided to focus more on the agronomy side of the ag industry as I become closer to graduation.
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