Job Shadowing

It’s a well known fact that college and vocational schools are very expensive. Thanks to the opportunity of going on a job shadow, students have a better idea of what they want to do in life. In my case, Precision Agriculture is what I have planned for my future. Precision Agriculture, also known as Site Specific Crop Management (SSCM), is a farming management concept based on observing, measuring, and responding to a wide variety of variables in crops. The results from my job shadow helped support my original theory of sticking with some type of agriculture, specifically row crop farming. I chose to do my job shadow with Kenny Weber. Weber works at Seubert Seeds in Canistota, South Dakota. At Seubert Seeds, they sell seed, install and repair Precision Planting equipment, test seed meters, and also sell Precision Planting technology. Weber is a Precision Technology Installer. During the spring and fall, he is usually out on a service call repairing or replacing equipment. As I said earlier, my job shadow took place at Seubert Seeds in Canistota. I went on the sixth of December on a pretty cold Tuesday at 11 in the morning. Their shop is about 50 feet wide and 90 feet long with a wall right down the middle of the
My family and I live on a farm, so he and I could relate pretty well. My dad has done business with Kenny and the other guys at Seubert Seeds before, so that was something that made me feel more comfortable about going. Kenny and I spent a small amount of time doing hands on work, such as testing seed meters. Even though I didn’t learn a ton physically, I gained a large amount of knowledge from him by just talking to him about what he does everyday. Due to this, I was able to ask multiple questions that I wanted to know more about and it also gave him a little relief to see that I was interested and engaged in what he had to