Blaine Tarr is a student in the Department of Crop Sciences, and a member of the Crop Sciences Student Ambassador Program. Read more about Blaine in the Q&A below.
What is your major?
Agronomy
Where are you from?
Bloomington, IL
What year are you in school?
Freshman
What career goals or dreams are you working toward?
My career goals after I graduate from the University of Illinois are to go back to the family business and farm with my brother. Our family owns a seed dealership, and both my brother and I want to follow our father’s footsteps and run the business after we graduate. We also want to continue generational family farming, having our own grain and livestock operation. It is a dream of mine to work with my brother, and in graduating from UIUC, it completes a vital step in achieving that dream.
What do you plan to do after you graduate?
Return to my family's business and farm with my brother.
What's a fun fact about you?
I am a huge George Strait fan.