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What I love about working agriculture

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is really just the diversity
of what it offers

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because you are feeding the world.

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And then there's so many job
opportunities out there.

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There's so many other industries that kind
of correlate with agriculture.

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I’m Landyn Bowen,
I am a University of Guelph alumni,

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and I'm a Precision Ag Specialist.

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So my role as a Precision Ag Specialist 
is more in support role,

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both for the company and for 
the customers.

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We just really want to make sure
that they're getting

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all the value
out of their precision ag technology.

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So really, we're just gonna make things
more efficient for farmers.

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Farmers are leaning towards automation,
and really we're trying

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to show that there's 
value in the data,

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whether it be through the 
combine operation, 

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their tractor automation, or even 
just using GPS.

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We actually can do so much through a phone
or an iPad, which is really cool.

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Whatever industry
you think is not a part of agriculture,

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actually is a part of agriculture
in one way or another.

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For every graduate, there's four job
opportunities for you waiting

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in the agricultural sector,
whether it be actually on farm,

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more on the production side,
or really anything in between.

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Agriculture is for everybody.
You don't need to be just from a farm.

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You can be from all walks of life,
all different backgrounds.

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There's always something there
that will interest you,

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whether it be actually more on the farm
side, on the food side,

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or on the more financial side,

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there's something out there 
for you.

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The University of Guelph helped me shape
the career I have now 

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through the co-op program, and with those 
co-op terms,

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I was able to get
a lot of different experience

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in the various aspects
of the agricultural industry

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to really pinpoint me to where
I want to go for my full time career.

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I like to say I'm a helping person
and really, that's what agriculture is.

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You are helping people
through feeding the world.