Professional Farm Manager: Monticello, IL

Hertz Farm Management Inc; Monticello (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance bonus

Health/dental/vision/life insurance

401(k) with employer match

Vacation and paid holidays

Job summary

A leading agricultural management company in Monticello, IL is seeking a Professional Farm Manager to manage farmland for clients, develop client relationships, and provide financial analysis. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree in agriculture, strong communication skills, and a commitment to customer service. This role offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in agriculture.
• State real estate license or willingness to obtain it within six months.
• Ag background beneficial.
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• Commitment to customer service.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain client communications.
• Collaborate with other professionals to meet client needs.
• Manage professional farm management tasks.
• Conduct income and expense budgets and financial analysis.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Customer service

Education

Bachelor's degree in agriculture or related field

Job description

Professional Farm Manager: Monticello, IL

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.

Hertz Farm Management is a family-owned company that is a leading provider of professional farm management services, real estate services, and property valuation services. We have been in business for over 75 years and are active throughout the Midwest.

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 a competitive salary (with a range between $60,000.00 and $110,000.00) 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) with 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.