Managing Crop Residues: Having Your Cake and Eating It Too
IL Soy Envoy Brandon Hall shares how Illinois growers must adopt a comprehensive, season-long residue management strategy to enhance decomposition, maintain soil health, and ensure optimal planting conditions.
ISA Mentorship Program Offers a Rich Bounty of Personal Growth for Students
Jamee Milliken shares how stepping into the ISA Mentorship Program with no agricultural background led her to unexpected personal growth and lessons in leadership and integrity.
My Experience with the Growing Careers in Agriculture Mentorship Program
Sara Bourland highlights how the Growing Careers in Agriculture Mentorship Program introduced her to careers in agriculture and strengthened her path toward becoming an agriculture educator.
Growing Careers in Agriculture: A Fun Mentorship Opportunity
Bobby Shaffer spotlights how the ISA mentorship program gives students a fun, friendly way to explore major ag companies, learn from great mentors and build real connections.
Finding My Place in Agriculture: What the 2026 Growing Careers in Agriculture Mentorship Program Meant to Me
Rosemarie Long shares how ISA's mentorship program didn’t just broaden her view of agriculture—it helped her discover her place in it.
From Clueless to Determined
Levi Magee shares how the ISA mentorship program helped him turn his love of dirt into a future in soil conservation with the NRCS.
Exploring the Many Paths of Agriculture Through ISA’s Mentorship Program
Emma Wyman shares how ISA's mentorship program broadened her understanding of the diverse and innovative career paths shaping today’s agriculture industry.
Top Eight Factors to Ensure Double-Crop Soybean Success
IL Soy Envoy Tim Laatsch explains how to maximize yield potential when double‑cropping soybeans after winter wheat in a shortened Illinois growing season.
Sowing Knowledge, Growing Connections
Matt Propst explains how ISA's mentorship program broadened his view of the agriculture industry and helped him shape his goals as a crop specialist and on his family farm.
What the Growing Careers in Agriculture Mentorship Program Taught a Biology Major
Jill Graner reflects on her time in ISA’s mentorship program and how it revealed just how wide‑reaching agriculture really is.

