Agronomy Intern - Seasonal

Description

Hefty Seed Company is a progressive, rapidly growing agriculture retailer that is offering agronomy internships at some of our locations. We are looking for someone with the ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment while practicing safety. The desired candidate will have a positive attitude, a drive to help farmers, team-oriented, self-motivated, excellent follow-through skills and great verbal and written communication.

The objective is to prepare young agronomists with the training, resources, and mentorships needed to become successful sales agronomists.

Qualifications

- Working towards a 2 or 4-year agricultural-related degree

- Farm background preferred

Responsibilities

Depending on the location and experience level of the intern, the summer will consist of as much exposure to all facets of Hefty Seed Company: agronomy, sales, warehouse, administration, inventory, and grounds.

- From March-May, the primary focus will be helping load/unload trucks with incoming and outgoing products as well as customer loadout and deliveries as needed

- The primary focus is to meet as many growers as possible while also helping the store and warehouse stay on top of day-to-day tasks

- Will be assigned 10+ growers (depending on experience level)

- Scout fields with and without an experienced agronomist and report back to supervisor/mentor on findings

- Work collaboratively with the agronomy team to analyze data and provide actionable insights for crop management

- Ride along with supervisor or other experienced agronomists to farm visits

- Greet customers who travel to the store

Hours (approximately 55 hours per week)

Monday – Friday 7am-5:30pm Saturday 7am-noon + Extra hours as needed