Illinois Corn: My Final Week

Good Morning my fellow Ag Leaders,

As my internship is wrapping up with only 2 more days left I am looking forward to be back on the Illinois campus.  Senior year awaits!! As the other intern and I are still wrapping up our final projects, we foresee to be done with all of our projects later this afternoon.

Reflecting on my internship I realize I have learned a lot through this experience.  Not only about Illinois Corn but also myself.  Haven this been my first full time work experience it was great to get a taste of what my future will look like in only a short year away (hopfully).  I would also say I am a corn aficionado.  

I had two blogs posted on the Illinois Corn website this last few weeks, and one was even featured.  You can check it out at The Beef with Meatless Mondays: Leah Wilkening.  This week we focused on agriculture promotional material through videos. As video creation is almost to obviously not my forte, I have learned a lot about how to utilize the program and am now a proficient mac user.  As the other intern and I have made what seems like hundreds of short video clips (32 to be exact) we continuously update the YouTube channel on the Illinois Corn website. 

This morning I created a short clip regarding the epic drought that has made Illinois corn something to talk about.  As it hasn’t been posted yet to our channel, I’m offering you an exclusive view, oh the excitement! 2012 Midwest Corn Drought

As I wrap up my time here at Illinois Corn Marketing Board, I am grateful for the experience and the opportunities it has opened to me.  Look forward to seeing ya'll this August.