Helena Invests in Agriculture’s Future Through 2026 Intern of the Year Scholarships

By Helena Agri-Enterprises|October 1, 2026

Helena Agri-Enterprises is awarding an intern from each business unit with 2026 Intern of the Year Scholarships worth $1,000 to towards higher education in agriculture. The scholarship award is designed to encourage creativity, innovation and hard work among the intern team and assist with college expenses.

Selected from a talented group of more than 40 interns across the nation, these recipients demonstrated outstanding performance, enthusiasm and impact throughout the summer. As interns at Helena, students interact with customers and prospects, and assist with agronomic and precision activities. This summer, the interns completed impactful projects that showcased Helena’s commitment to agronomic innovation and customer success. Their work included leading a multi-location silage corn Agronomy Challenge to identify treatment strategies that maximize yield, evaluating nitrogen management programs using Helena products and tools to improve nutrient efficiency and crop performance and supporting growers through pest management initiatives, herbicide research trials and critical branch operations. Their contributions helped support Helena teams while providing valuable hands-on industry experience.

Winners for 2026 include the following:

  • Alex Roe, Northern Business Unit Intern of the Year: Agronomy and Agribusiness Management Major at the University of Wisconsin
  • Clayton Fletcher, Eastern Business Unit Intern of the Year: Food and Resource Economics Major with a specialization in Food and Agribusiness Marketing & Management and minor in Sustainable Crop Production at the University of Florida
  • Cobby Ware, Southern Business Unit Intern of the Year: Agricultural Engineering/Technology/Business Major at Mississippi State University
  • Kristina Weber, Western Business Unit Intern of the Year: Agricultural Business Major at California State University, Fresno

Helena offers internships to college students across the country every summer. Internship recruitment is starting now. Find Helena at a career fair or reach out about opportunities for 2027. For more information about Helena, visit helenaagri.com and tune in to the FieldLink® Podcast on YouTube or wherever you listen.

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Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC, headquartered in Collierville, TN, is one of the foremost agronomic solutions providers in the U.S. Helena markets and sells inputs that improve productivity for greater customer returns. This includes seed and seed treatments, fertilizer and application services, crop protectants, financial services, and precision ag services. Helena also has its own line of products through Helena Products Group, which includes adjuvants, crop protection products, fertilizers, crop production products and seed treatments. Helena’s theme of People… Products… Knowledge… reinforces the company’s commitment to helping customers succeed through knowledgeable and dedicated people, useful and unique products, and the latest proven technologies. See all author stories here.

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