-: The kids that we're hiring today,
many of 'em are not from farms,
and that's okay,
we don't have a problem with that.
So, how do you get ready for a job like this
if you don't have a farm background?
I think it's very important to start
internships early.
We encourage students to have freshman
internships, I mean let's get you a taste
right away.
So interning is a great way to get a feel
of production egg, to get a better understanding
of what's goin' on out there,
how a crop is grown.
And then, the other thing too is just
experience everything.
I mean be strong in business, be strong in,
communication, be strong in salesmanship, I mean
you're gonna need so many different skills
in this industry, I mean, you'll need many skills
in other industries as well, but I think the more
experience you get early on will just benefit
you greatly in any job that you have so,
our local co-ops are a great resource too,
'cause that's where all the growers
buy their products from, and you have
a lotta grower contact through the co-ops but,
you know just aligning yourselves with
Land O'Lakes or some other agricultural company
that will have some touch points with growers,
that's gonna be your best way.
And that's why I think the net from
a major standpoint, I mean it's,
it's gotten a lot larger right now.
Agriculture is becoming,
more technically advanced.
We need people that have the ability to
measure data or put data in terms that we can
use it to benefit a grower so that's a whole
new avenue that we've been in recently, within
the last, I would say seven to eight years.
It's wide, I mean plant breeding, plant biology,
plant sciences, I mean we need people
who understand, we have agronomists that work
directly with plants and as far as how
they develop and teaching the agronomists
within the field how to get better, learn more
about plants, how we can influence the growth
a little bit better on there so,
boy, the net is large, very large right now.