Agricultural Intern

Seneca Foods is one of North America's leading providers of packaged fruits and vegetables with facilities located throughout the United States.  Our high quality products are primarily sourced from over 1,400 American farms. Seneca holds the largest share of the retail private label, food service, and export canned vegetable markets, distributing to over 90 countries. Products are also sold under the brands of Libby’s®, Aunt Nellie’s®, READ®, Seneca Farms®, Green Valley®, Green Giant (Shelf-Stable)®, CherryMan®, Paradise®, Pennant®, and Seneca labels, including Seneca snack chips. Seneca also provides vegetable products to other companies under various co-pack arrangements.

Help us make our Farm Fresh Goodness Great!  Come join the Seneca Foods team – Apply now!

Seneca Foods Corporation of Glencoe, a food production and distribution center located approximately 35 miles southwest of the Twin Cities metro, is currently seeking a Agricultural Interns to join its team for the 2025 production season.
This internship is geared toward current/recent undergraduate students and will provide hands-on industry experience working with the Agriculture Department during the busy production season. Internships typically run from late May through August but are flexible with school schedules.

Agricultural Intern-Summer 2026

Qualifications: 

• Current student in college (no year requirement, 1 year students are encouraged to apply!)
• Background or interest in pursuing a career in Ag Business, Crop/Soil Sciences, or Farm Management 

Training/Internship Plan Outline:

• Assist field team with planting operations and scheduling
• Skill building in scouting, crop maturity assessment, crop quality assessment, and crop harvesting logistics
• Skill building in team management, training, raw product evaluation and flow, and harvest scheduling
• Opportunities to learn harvest equipment functions and raw product harvesting process
• Develop an understanding of raw product flow including truck routing, product grading, and harvest planning
• Opportunities for projects that compliment your skills and interests to enhance overall productive and reduce costs of the business
• Communication skills with growers, landowners, department leads, and other Seneca processing plants

Both planting and harvest activities require attention 7 days a week; there will be opportunities for overtime as well as time-off to fit with commitments both for school and personal. There is always something going at Glencoe during the Pack season and you will have many opportunities to learn many things from many people! We look forward to learning more about you and having you a part of the Glencoe team!

Starting wage range based on skills, abilities, and experience at $18.54 per hour. 
If any of this sounds interesting to you and you want to learn more, apply today!
 

Seneca Foods Corporation is committed to providing equal opportunity for all, through a positive and continuing affirmative action program. No employee or applicant will be discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, military and/or veteran status or any other Federal or State legally protected classes. Seneca Foods Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and feel you need a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), please contact us at ADA@senecafoods.com or call 585-495-4100.