Tony Berger

After returning to my hometown from Lincoln, I decided to come back and work for Country Partners for the fourth summer. I was lucky enough to have enough experience to operate a 2018 Rogator with 120ft booms. I attempted to take the applicator's test without going to a class for it and passed the general exam, but did not pass the plant portion. Due to the lack of time during the busy season, I ran under my brother's licence for the summer. I was able to operate the sprayer efficiently enough to cover just over 23,000 acres without minimal problems.

Throughout the summer of 2024, I came back and worked for Country Partners Cooperative. I started off the summer operating a liquid tender truck and would pick up and deliver dry fertilizer to the operators. As the summer continued, we started to get behind on dry fertilizer application. I was then asked to run a dry machine, where I spent the rest of my summer spreading fields.

• The last two summers I spent my time driving a fertilizer truck for the Spalding Country Partners Cooperative. This summer I plan to move back home to get a little knowledge in an autobody shop for a couple of months, then move back down the Lincoln come August to work in a body shop.

• I drove a liquid fertilizer truck for all of the sprayers out in the fields throughout the summer. During this job, we would also do basic maintenance on the semi-trucks and pickup trucks. Scooping corn out of bins and driving to other towns to pick up things like seed corn and fertilizer was also tasks to be completed.

• During the summer of 2021, I worked for a local farmer. I would do jobs such as field tillage, haying, working cattle, and basic maintenance on the farm such as fixing tractors. Coming from a farm family myself this job was right up my ally and very enjoyable for me.