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Jun 01, 2020

2020 Summer Interns

This summer,  Crystal Valley is proud to have 16  interns taking their classroom experience to the field. Specialties include Agronomy Sales, Precision Ag, Operations, and Grain, and each intern has a specific goal they working towards this season. At the end of their experience, each intern does a presentation about what they learned and shares it with their peers and Crystal Valley employees, including the Senior Leadership Team. 

Our season started out a little different than most as we were unable to meet in-person as an entire group, due to COVID-19. With the out-of-the-box thinking by our internship organizers,  there was still a full day of orientation which included introductions, an overview of what it takes to be part of the Crystal Valley team, and training so all could jump in as soon as their school session was over. 

Throughout the summer, we will be doing more in-depth intros over on our Facebook page but until then, here is a quick glimpse at those we have working with us. 

Meet our Interns

 
Brooke Portrait

Brooke Hoffbeck is currently a freshman attending South Dakota State University majoring in Ag Business with an Agronomy minor. She's interning at our Lake Crystal location this summer, where she hopes to learn more about the chemical side of the business along with how all aspects of the ag industry work together.

Carter Graham Portrait

Carter Graham is a freshman at NDSU studying Agribusiness. He is working out of our Nicollet location. Carter is excited to get to see all the different pieces in the company work together.

Clayton Sorum Portrait

Clayton Sorum is a senior at SDSU studying Agricultural Education. He is working out of our Jackson location. Clayton is excited to work with producers this summer.

Cole Portrait

Cole Eidem will be wrapping up his last year at SDSU studying Precision Agriculture. This summer, Cole is working out of our Mankato location where he hopes to get better with customer interactions. With this, he is very excited to fly drones this summer.

Darrius Portrait

Darrius Johnson will be finishing up studying Ag Science with a minor in Agronomy next year at SDSU. He is working out of our Lakefield location. Darrius is excited to learn a lot from his supervisor and get hands-on experience.

Derrek Portrait

Derrek Russenberger is a junior at SDSU studying Agronomy and Precision Agriculture. He is working out of our Trimont location where he is excited to learn about all aspects of agronomy and what it entails.

Jazmin Portrait

Jazmin Voehl is a sophomore at Minnesota West Community and Technical College majoring in Agriculture Production. She is working out of our Round Lake location. Jazmin is excited to get to know and create relationships with the farmers this summer.

Josh Filk

Josh Filk is a junior studying Precision Agriculture at SDSU. He is working out of our Madelia location where he is looking forward to gaining experience and learning about what day to day operations look like at Crystal Valley.

Kyle Schroeder Portrait

Kyle Schroeder is a senior studying Crops and Soils Science at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. He is working out of our La Salle location. Kyle is excited to be taking on potential prospects to test his abilities this summer.

Matthew Proehl Portrait 1

Matthew Proehl is a sophomore at University of Wisconsin-River Falls studying Agricultural Engineering Technology. He is working out of our Elysian location. Matthew is excited to learn about Precision Planting products this summer.

Jack Ruhland Portrait

Jack Ruhland is a sophomore at Iowa State University studying Ag Business. He is working out of our Vernon Center location where he is excited to learn more about the agricultural aspects in life and to meet new people this summer.

Jack Wilson Portrait

Jack Wilson is a sophomore at Iowa State University studying Ag Systems Technology and Industrial Technology. He is working out of our Mankato location and is really looking forward to flying drones this summer.

Noah Schmidt Portrait

Noah Schmidt is a junior attending the University of Wisconsin-River Falls studying Agribusiness. He is working out of our Janesville location where he is looking forward to meeting new people and farmers this summer while learning more about scouting.

Spencer

Spencer Braulick is a freshman at South Central College majoring in Agribusiness Production. He is working out of our Madelia shop location. Spencer is looking forward to learning about all the things that go into providing the farmers with the services we offer.

Tim Wolf Portrait2 1

Tim Wolf is a first-year at the University of Wisconsin- River Falls studying Agricultural Business. He is working out of our Hope location where he is excited to learn how to market grain effectively.

Tyler Portrait 1

Tyler Strahl is a junior attending SDSU majoring in Precision Agriculture and Agricultural Systems Technology. He is working out of our Mankato location this summer. Tyler is looking forward to being able to interact with growers.

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