Matthew LaVoy

3115 W Rauch Rd Temperance, MI 48182 | 419-261-9143 | lavoypumpkinfarm@gmail.com

Objective
· To obtain a position in the field of agriculture that will allow me to apply my skills to help the company in a positive way
· Make a living doing exactly what I love everyday
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Education
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA | 2016 | IDA HIGH SCHOOL, IDA MI
ASSOCIATES IN AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY | 2018 | BAKER COLLEGE, OWOSSO, MI

Experience
LAVOY PUMPKIN FARM, MANAGER 2012-PRESENT
-Manage and run the farm by overseeing the operation of the retail and wholesale divisions
-I keep everyone on task to ensure they fulfill their duties to keep everything moving forward

BRAD’S SEPTIC AND SEWER SERVICE MAY 2013-PRESENT

-Work as an employee to repair sewer pipes and septic systems
-Snowplow operator, Residential & Commercial

IDA FARMER’S COOPERATIVE, TRUCK DRIVER APRIL 2016-PRESENT

-Worked in the warehouse to unload shipments and load bagged items into customers’ cars
-Restocked shelves and the display floor in the main office with fertilizers, chemicals, and around the house items
-Prepared and bagged animal feed in the feed mill
-Helped at the grain elevator by cleaning out grain bins and bringing in the grain through the semi pit to be stored
-Loading outbound grain from the bins into trucks to be hauled away
-Drive fertilizer tender trucks and water/chemical trailers in the commercial agricultural division of the company
-Collected soil samples in a grid sampling program and sent them to a lab to get tested

TURF WORX, OWOSSO, MI DECEMBER 2017-MARCH 2018

-Snow plow operator, Residential & Commercial
Skills & Abilities
MANAGEMENT
-Manage finances, wholesale, and retail parts of the LaVoy Pumpkin Farm
-Work to grow cash crops such as soybeans and #2 yellow field corn

SALES
-Work a Business Fair booth for Brad’s Septic and Sewer selling their business and products.
-Sell pumpkins retail and wholesale for LaVoy Pumpkin Farm

LEADERSHIP
-Class President in student council, helping to run the class in student council, 2013-2015
-Always have a great attitude when showing up to work

Skills
-Experience driving big equipment i.e.: tractors, trucks, forklifts, front-end loaders, 4-wheelers etc.
-Hard working, dependable, honest, knowledgeable
-Licenses: Class A CDL with Tank Endorsement
-Have experience operating grain screws and grain legs in a grain elevator and feed mill

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