Exploring Ag Agronomy Intern - Insight FS -Southern, WI

Insight FS; Town of Spring Green (WI); On-site; USD 17,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight FS in Wisconsin seeks an Agronomy intern to support field sales agronomists and participate in crop research, training, and data entry. You will gain hands-on experience across field planning, treatment prep, calibration, and field events while visiting multiple locations.

Requirements include pursuing a degree, maintaining good academic standing, ability to travel and a valid driver's license. You’ll work independently yet collaborate with teams and undergo program-specific training as

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree or certification in a relevant field; maintain good academic standing.
• Demonstrates ability to work independently.
• Demonstrates essential abilities including collaboration, communication, customer focus, decision making and skill development.

Responsibilities

• Gain hands-on experience in the agronomy field.
• Visit locations and customers to build professional relationships.
• Participate in field crop research, demonstration and training activities.
• Coordinate field activities and communicate with multi-site contacts.
• Operate field research and crop monitoring equipment.
• Follows corporate compliance and safety policies.

Skills

Communication

Independent work

Field experience

Team collaboration

Education

Pursuing degree or certification

Job description

Insight FS is headquartered in Jefferson, Wisconsin with 23 branches across the state and upper peninsula of Michigan. Insight FS has 430+ employees (including seasonal workers) and approximately 50,000 customers. The cooperative does business in agronomy, agri-finance, precision agriculture, nutrient management, energy, feed, grain, and turf. Insight FS is part of the GROWMARK System, an agricultural cooperative serving more than 100,000 customers across North America and Ontario, Canada.

Purpose And Summary Statement

Serves as the Agronomy intern under the direction of the Field Sales Agronomist, trains and assists with general Agronomy functions.

Essential Job Functions

• Hands on experience in agronomy field.


• Visit FS locations and customers building professional relationships.


• Participate in all phases of field crop research, demonstration and training including planning, planting, treatment preparation, application, equipment calibration, field plot monitoring and maintenance, signing, field events, sample collection, training material preparation, harvest, data entry and report generation.


• Coordinate communication with multi-site contacts, schedule field activities and carry out projects.


• Operate field research and crop monitoring equipment.

Other Job Functions

• Follows GROWMARK’s Code of Conduct and Corporate Compliance Program, Environmental Health and Safety, OSHA and DOT policies and procedures, as they apply.


• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be pursuing a degree or certification from a community college, technical college or university and in good academic standing at time the internship begins.


• Demonstrates ability to work independently.


• Demonstrates essential abilities including business knowledge, collaboration, communication, customer focus, decision making and skill development.


• Must have and maintain a valid driver's license and have the ability to travel independently and overnight as needed.


• Ability and willingness to participate in required training that may include education on GROWMARK’s policies and procedures and additional training as it relates to the requirements of the position.

We are an equal opportunity/Disabled/Protected Veteran Employer. All individuals, regardless of demographic or other background, are encouraged to apply. Further, as a federal, state, and local contractor, we comply with government regulations and executive orders as applicable, including affirmative action responsibilities for qualified individuals with disability and protected veterans.

Employment is contingent on, among other things, receipt of an acceptable and job-related background check, drug test, motor vehicle report, and/or reference check, as applicable and permissible by law.