You’ll be seeing a new face this summer as Isaiah Purves from Troy, Ohio, will be working with Miami and Champaign County OSU Extension as their Agronomic Crop Research Experience (ACRE) Intern.

Started in 2015, the ACRE Internship is designed for undergraduate students to provide rich training experience and work with county educators on-farm trials. The primary responsibilities of the ACRE intern are to assist with crop scouting, sample collection, field data collection, laboratory analysis, data entry, and field plot maintenance, crop reporting and other activities related to research, extension and outreach.

Isaiah is a 2015 graduate from Troy High School. He decided to further his education at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana studying Environmental Management. Isaiah is a member of the Ball State University Soil Judging Team, where he helped the program bring home its first trophy ever receiving third place in the group judging tournament at the American Society of Agronomy contest hosted in Whitewater, Wisconsin.

In prior years, Isaiah has worked for a lawn care company in Miami County. He plans on graduating in May of 2019. After his graduation he intends on pursuing a career in Soil testing for agriculture and in the construction field, he is also thinking of continuing his education to a Master’s Degree.

For more information about OSU Extension, Miami County, visit the Miami County OSU Extension web site at www.miami.osu.edu or the OSU Extension Miami County Facebook page.