08/28/2026
⭐ Hey SASES! Kicking off the weekend with the last SASES internship feature of the summer, SASES President Austin Wilson. Austin is an incoming senior at University of Missouri, and currently serves as an officer with the University of Missouri Agronomy Club.
💥 This summer, Austin has been based out of Clarence, Missouri gaining experience as a research technician. This includes planting research trials, mixing chemicals and fertilizer solutions for spraying, and rating herbicide control within the trials, with a variety of other tasks!
🌽 Onto his third summer in the role, his responsibilities have grown each year. He's had the opportunity to learn across several facets of the agronomy field agronomy, while networking with industry professionals. His favorite project to work on is rating herbicide trials - comparing the different products from different companies, witnessing the new technology being tested, and meeting with the representatives from each of the companies that the farm works with.