Agronomy
This gives the soils their dark color.
What is organic matter?
There are nearly 300 of these convenience stores and fueling stations in the Midwest.
What is FS Fast Stop?
Skills employers look for that can’t be taught. Such as Verbal and written communication skills, organization skills, strong work ethic, and being a team player.
What are soft skills?
The amount of time that students will spend gaining hands on experience as a part of the GROWMARK Internship.
What is 12 weeks?
A crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.
What is a cash crop?
Americans throw away ____% of the food they purchase for at-home consumption.
What is 25%?
The hair like material on an ear of corn.
What is silk?
The number of states that GROWMARK markets our lubricant products to.
What is 18?
The percent of communication in an interview that is communicated non-verbally.
What is 65-85%?
The GROWMARK System employs more than ______ people.
What is 9,000?
If we grew corn on a baseball field, we could produce about how many tons of corn in one year?
What is 13 tons?
Women make up roughly ____% of the total number of U.S. farm operators.
What is 36%?
This is the most essential nutrient for grain crops.
What is nitrogen?
Several years of record sales have made the GROWMARK System rank in the top ______ as largest propane marketer in the U.S.
What is the Top 5?
The amount of time a recruiter will spend looking at a resume.
6 seconds
True or False? – The GROWMARK System only offers Internship opportunities for individuals interested in working out in the fields with growers.
What is False?
True or False? – One American farmer feeds an average of 265 people per year?
What is false?
___ million farms dot America's rural landscape. ___% of which are operated by families.
What is 2 million and 98%?
This is the standard test weight per bushel for soybeans.
What is 60 pounds?
True or False? – GROWMARK’s Energy Division markets gasoline, gear lubricants, antifreeze, grease and propane.
What is True?
You should spend at least 20 minutes doing this before going to an interview.
What is researching the company?
The number of meetings held at GROWMARK’s corporate office over the summer for interns to receiving training, networking opportunities, and FUN!
What is 3?
The process of cropping DNA molecules of different crops and splicing them together.
What is Genetically Modification?
The top 3 U.S. farm products.
What are cattle, corn and soybeans?
GROWMARK's Agronomy Division sells more than 2 million tons of this product to growers each year.
What is fertilizer?
The weight of a gallon of gasoline.
What is 6 pounds?
This technique is consistently rated as the most productive way to find work.
What is Networking?
The number of years the GROWMARK Internship Program has been in existence.
What is 64 years?
_____% of America’s farms are owned and operated by family individuals, family partnerships or family corporations?
What is 98%?
One acre of land can grow _______ pounds of strawberries.
What is 50,000?
The number of organic farmers worldwide.
What is 3 million?
Approximately ____% of gasoline marketed by the GROWMARK System contains a 10% ethanol blend.
What is 85%?
The most common error on a resume.
What is a typo/grammatical error?
The number of students in the GROWMARK Internship Program
What is 38?
Roughly the number of acres of land farmed in Iowa.
What is 30 million?
The average Illinois Farmer's age.
What is 56?