Mid-Iowa
Cooperative
Erin Herink
Sales Internship
Mid-Iowa Coop as a
Company
›  Mid-Iowa
Cooperative is a full-service Central
Iowa farmer-owned cooperative with
locations at Beaman, Conrad, Whitten,
Midway, Gladbrook, Green Mountain,
Haverhill, and Liscomb Iowa.
›  We are farmer-owned and represent counties
in Central and Northeast Iowa with grain
elevators, agronomy services, energy outlets,
and livestock feed
›  Provide all services to a farmer
›  http://www.midiowacoop.com/
•  Worked in Agronomy department
•  Jim Geinger: (agronomy manager)
Lead agronomist in Beaman,
Gladbrook, Conrad, and Whiten
locations
•  Does anything from looking at fields
for customers to mixing chemicals
•  Contacted and set
up interview in
Beaman, IA at their
head quarters
•  They weren’t there
this year
My Job
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Crop Scout
Tissue samples
Plot days
Selling of seed and
chemicals
Talking with farmers
Delivery of seed and
chemicals
Filing paperwork
Making spray maps and
tickets
•  Tissue sampling
•  Nutrients missing in
farmers crops
•  Send samples to
lab
•  Present results to
farmer
What I learned from this
experience
›  Communication
skills
›  Working with others
›  Responsibility
›  Agronomy
aspect of chemical usage
›  Diseases
›  Problems
arising with crops this year: roots,
waterhemp, ect.
It was such a diverse job, I felt I
got a ton of benefits from this
internship. I got to see all aspects
of the agronomy side of our
agricultural industry. I gained skills
in how to communicate with
customers and how to work with
others in a positive way.
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Educational
experience
Communication skills
Provides
opportunities later
on
Provides experience
Connections
Defines your furture