CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Finding a talented ag tech employee may be about as difficult as guessing the first planting date this spring. Both tasks are similar in that being prepared is the key — whether having the planter ready or having the tools ready to find the right candidate.
Finding ag tech talent requires new ways to recruit
At the Ag Tech Summit in Champaign March 7, a panel of workforce employment experts discussed labor needs. From left: Maggie Brickerman, a partner in gener8tor investors; Amy Funk, director of the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Food and Agriculture and Nutrition Innovation Center; Jen Quinlan, Food & AgTech Innovation program lead; Laura Gerstner, director of Precision Tech Enterprise Program Management at Cargill; and Amy Fruehling, director of corporate relations for the University of Illinois College of ACES.





