Intern, Sales Agronomy (Southeast Region)

The Sales Agronomy team has an opportunity for a skilled and motivated intern to help us expand our reach with current customers. This would include establishing key field protocols, taking samples for critical data related to product advancement and working with our Sales and Marketing teams to hold field/demo days and to conduct training for reps, dealers and growers.

This position reports to the Agronomy Manager, East and is based remotely in the Southeast Region in either Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, or Georgia.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with the implementation of product research trial protocols in designated geographies
• Scout assigned customer fields throughout the year for any stress, pests, or other field issues
• Participate in soil, plant, and other forms of research sampling and data collection throughout the growing season
• Monitor work for accuracy, manage multiple responsibilities, and maintain professionalism
• Support the Agronomy team with weekly field observations and updates
• Utilize drones, imagery and other forms of remote sensing to evaluate field trials
• Visit and conduct QA/QC inspection of 3rd party trials in designated territory
• Develop a field-based learning project and present project objective and results upon completion of internship
• Other duties as assigned

Targeted Skills and Experience:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or higher degree in Agronomy, Crop Sciences, Soil Science and/or related field
• Valid driver's license with a safe driving record
• Strong verbal and communication skills
• Ability to self-manage time and execute on assigned responsibilities
• Must live in assigned territory

This position includes physical demands such as walking, scouting, sampling, and working in production cropping fields with varying weather and elements, driving between farm sites and other locations as needed, some overnight travel, and regularly lifting objects (up to 60 lbs). 

What we offer:

• Opportunity to gain professional experience in a progressive agriculture company
• Exciting opportunity to work with a smart, talented and fun team
• Competitive compensation package 
• Opportunity to work in the field alongside progressive growers

This role demonstrates our core values of:

• Boldness, by jumping into large datasets and wrangling them into shape, learning new skills (with our help!) to operate more effectively and getting to know our farmer customers up close and personal. 
• Ownership, by understanding the overall scientific goals and forming a consensus. Then working until the Data Team(s) & you are satisfied that the results are in good enough shape to achieve the desired deliverable.
• Respect, by working as a great collaborator with multiple members of our diverse team across functions and building a working relationship with the Sales Agronomy team.
• Creativity, by helping to think of new ways to think about our data and/or  bringing in new tools or methods to help us all work better in the field.