Are you looking for a hands-on summer opportunity supporting local farms and farm families in your community to expand their participation in the Agri-Food Value Chain?

AGRIS Co-operative Ltd. has a summer opportunity for a motivated Student to join our team. As a Summer Student Agronomy Intern, you will have the opportunity to work in different roles and develop your agriculture knowledge with hands-on experience in Agriculture Retail, as well as gain an understanding of the careers available at AGRIS.

Location:

Supporting multiple locations across AGRIS Co-operative market.

What will you be responsible for:

· Provide an exceptional customer experience at every interaction

· Understanding and supporting overall branch operation, administrative functions, as well as the branch and individual sales targets across AGRIS.

· Actively involved in supporting all agronomic activities, working with the Agronomy Sales Manager

· Hub work rotation – creating proactive activities that need to be done

· Seed Distribution branch to branch in Season

· Crop Protection Distribution branch to branch in Season

· Importing maps – recs with precision ag specialist.

· Creating, Managing, Planting, Taking Notes and Harvesting (if possible) AGRIS plots

· Complete all IP walks/Maps for all of AGRIS

· Scrub Soil Sample List

· Participate in all Sales/CSM/Industry Launches/Training Opportunities

· Assist Great Lakes Grain in GLG Crop Assessment Tour Preparation/Marketing

· Assist CSS’s with Spring/Summer Scouting activities

· Organizing signs/Sticker distribution/and put-up signs in targeted areas across the AGRIS geography.

· Managing WBC Traps and Counts

· Using Agvance Sky Mapping – adding specific entries/wash outs

· Sales Call Ride along – understand the sales call process

· Work with Agronomy Manager on Meetings/Grower Activities and Sales Calendar Activities

· Support of agronomic recommendations with a focus on the Whole Farm Plan

· Awareness of sustainability issues such as 4R Stewardship, Class 12 Pesticide rules

· Extended hours, as required, during the busy season

Requirements for this Job:

Knowledge of agronomy, fertilizer, chemical, seed and grain marketing
Maintain a Valid Drivers License
Travel as required to support Farm Owner & Branch needs across AGRIS Co-operative Market
Computer literacy
At a minimum enrollment in a degree or diploma in agriculture or equivalent work experience

If you are interested in furthering your development towards a Career in Agriculture as part of an industry leader, developing innovative solutions and enhancing the profitability of our members, we want to meet with you!

About AGRIS Co-operative Ltd.

AGRIS Co-operative Ltd. is a dynamic and successful farmer owned Co-operative that prides itself on providing quality agronomic and grain marketing solutions for our customer/owners. We are a leader in precision farming technology, seed, and agronomy and petroleum services.

AGRIS Co-operative Ltd. is a 100 per-cent farmer-owned grain marketing and farm-input supply company that serves more than 1,000 farmer owners in 14 locations in Essex, Kent, Elgin, Middlesex and Lambton Counties. It is a leader in precision farming technology, seed, agronomy and petroleum services.

The co-operative is a partner of Great Lakes Grain, a grain merchandising company. AGRIS Co-operative is a member-owner of GROWMARK, Inc. and markets products and services under the FS banner.

We have branches located in Brigden, Chatham, Cottam, Dutton, Glencoe, Leamington, McGregor, Muirkirk, Rochester, Stoney Point, Thamesford, Thamesville, Tupperville and Wheatley

Please forward your resume in confidence by November 1, 2023.

AGRIS Co-operative Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. We thank all those who apply however only applicants selected for an interview will be notified.re you looking for a hands-on summer student project opportunity supporting local farms and farm families in your community to expand their participation in the Agri-Food Value Chain?

AGRIS Co-operative Ltd. has a Summer Student opportunity for motivated Students to join our AGRIS Team to support a project. As a Summer Student, you will have the opportunity to work on a project collecting plant tissue samples using our mapping app to geo locate samples to support a plant diagnostics dashboard developed by Nutri-Ag and develop your agriculture knowledge with hands on experience, as well as gain an understand careers available at AGRIS.

What will you be responsible for:

· Provide an exceptional customer experience at every interaction

· Working with Senior Agronomist and Crop Specialists to identify farm participants

· Work closely with the AIS Specialist on coordinating GIS mapping activities including account management of various satellite image companies.

Project highlights:

· Collecting plant tissue samples on a schedule.

· Will involve a lot of problem-solving assessment and analysis work

· Using our mapping app to geo locate samples.

· Capture data into plant diagnostics dashboard developed by Nutri-Ag and submit to the lab

· Provide updates to AGRIS Team and customers in a timely manner to support in season use of foliar micros and bios stimulants

· Other agronomic duties as required including collecting plant tissue, weed samples, and nitrate Nitrogen soil samples.

· Support of agronomic recommendations with a focus on the Whole Farm Plan

· Awareness of sustainability issues such as 4R Stewardship, Class 12 Pesticide rules

· Extended hours, as required, during the busy season

Requirements for this Job:

Knowledge of agronomy, fertilizer, chemical, seed and grain marketing
Maintain a Valid Drivers License
Travel as required to support Farm Owner & Branch needs across Essex Region
Drone license or obtain one by writing the online test at Transport Canada
Learn to operate the Phantom 4 drone or other Drones as required and sensors (in house training)
Become proficient in using the cloud-based services to perform analytics (training by service provider)

About AGRIS Co-operative Ltd.

The co-operative is a partner of Great Lakes Grain, a grain merchandising company. AGRIS Co-operative is a member-owner of GROWMARK, Inc. and markets products and services under the FS banner.

We have branches located in Brigden, Chatham, Cottam, Dutton, Glencoe, Leamington, McGregor, Muirkirk, Rochester, Stoney Point, Thamesford, Thamesville, Tupperville and Wheatley

Please forward your resume in confidence by November 30 2022.

AGRIS Co-operative Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. We thank all those who apply however only applicants selected for an interview will be notified.

Job Types: Seasonal, Full-time
Contract length: 4 months

Schedule:

8 hour shift
Monday to Friday
Weekends as needed

Ability to commute/relocate:

Chatham, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

agricultural: 1 year (preferred)

Language:

English (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Chatham, ON

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