Professional Farm Manager

Hertz Farm Management, Inc.; Mount Vernon (IA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/dental/vision/life insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid vacation/holidays

Job summary

Hertz Farm Management, Inc. seeks a Professional Farm Manager for Mt. Vernon, IA. This role serves farmland owners who do not farm themselves, delivering guidance and personalized education to help clients achieve agricultural investment goals.

You will collaborate with farm managers and real estate professionals to grow a profitable client book, oversee budgets, valuations, and consulting services, and continuously learn to enhance farmland value for future generations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree - required. Agriculture related preferred.
• State real estate license or willingness to obtain it with company support within six months.
• Excellent verbal and written skills; strong commitment to customer service.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed communications with clients, prospects, farm operators, vendors and service providers.
• Interact with clients’ concerns and provide flexible, creative solutions for owning their farm.
• Collaborate with farm managers, real estate agents, and appraisers to serve client needs.
• Sustain and grow a profitable book of business including management, real estate transactions, and valuations.
• Develop, implement, and supervise operating plans, land/capital improvements, leasing and cash plans.

Skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Verbal communication

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Professional Farm Manager: Mt. Vernon, IA

We are looking for the next valuable addition to our team. You will enjoy this role if you are an energetic and motivated individual who is passionate about agriculture and helping others. The ideal candidate will take a humble, hungry, people smart approach to the role, while demonstrating a cooperative and confident personality that thrives in finding creative solutions to solve clients’ needs.

A Professional Farm Manager represents individuals, families, and entities that own farmland but do not farm themselves. They assist clients in helping them achieve their goals and objectives for their agricultural investments.

We are a family-owned company that has been in business for over 80 years and are committed to providing personalized education and professional services to provide peace of mind to farmland owners. We value and care for our employees and strive to provide a culture that emphasizes integrity, respect, and accountability.

Job Functions

Develop and maintain detailed communications with clients, new business prospects, farm operators, farm vendors and professional service providers consistent with the company’s mission, vision, and values.

Actively listen and respond to clients concerns and questions and react with flexible and creative solutions to help them enjoy owning their farm.

Collaborate with other farm managers, administrative personnel, real estate agents, and appraisers in the company with the goal of working as a cooperative team to serve the needs of the client.

Sustain and grow a profitable book of business that includes professional farm management, real estate transactions, farmland valuations, and consulting services.

Develop, implement, and supervise short-term and long-term operating plans, land and capital improvement plans, management and leasing plans, and cash management plans for a client’s farmland and farm related assets.

Constantly learn and grow in the day-to-day business of professional farm management, farmland real estate, and appraisal services to develop skills that enable clients and farm operators to be profitable and improve the value of their farmland for future generations.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Professional farm management; lease analysis, negotiation, and tenant selection
• Interact with clients’ other professional relationships impacting their farmland
• Business development – management, real estate and farmland valuations
• Land stewardship with a focus on improvement/conservation
• Income and expense budgets, cash flows, and profitability analysis
• Farm accounting and financial analysis
• Technical farm management cropping plans
• Ability to Build trust and always provide quality service

Compensation

Hertz Farm Management offers a compensation package that includes competitive salary based on experience, performance bonus, payment for continuing education, payment of professional dues, reimbursement for all business expenses, health/dental/vision/life insurance, 401(k) that includes an employer match, vacation, sick leave, and paid holidays.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree - required. Agriculture related preferred
• State real estate license or willingness to obtain it, with assistance from Hertz Farm Management, within the first six months of employment
• Ag background beneficial
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Thorough commitment to customer service, internally and externally

Hertz Farm Management, Inc. is a licensed Real Estate Brokerage in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas
Hertz Real Estate Services is a licensed Real Estate Brokerage in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin