Overview
A Premier Ag Internship is intended to provide a top educational experience with practical skills development and application. It is a unique learning opportunity in a fast-paced team-oriented environment where successful candidates will receive the training they need and are given the opportunity to apply what they have learned.
Premier Ag Agronomy Internship Objectives
- Attract top talent to Premier Ag
- Assess Intern’s potential to be a future Premier Ag employee throughout the 12-week period.
- Provide challenging, professional, Intern skill development
- Identify a Summer Project interest if applicable.
- A Premier Ag Internship is not intended to secure temporary labor, its full intent is to provide a top education experience with skill development to college recruits with the expectation that the intern will develop a desire to work for Premier Ag in the future if they meet Premier Ag employment standards.
Agronomy Intern Job Accountabilities
– Field Scouting (observations)
- FieldAlytics software
- R7 tool
– Diagnostics & technical
- Intern agronomy training
- Soil Sampling
- Tissue Sampling
– Account Manager and sales support
- Scouting
- Delivery
– Aerial application operational support
- Mapping
- Delivery
– TRAX support
- Premier Ag Sustain
- Software
- Mapping
- CropLink
– Corporate support
- Field Days
- Field signage
- Meeting set-up and breakdown
- Transport of samples as required
- Other as needed
– Sales Project if assigned
- To be determined
- With assistance, plan and execute agronomy sales activity(s)
– Project support
- Robotic sprayer upkeep
- Aerial application
Intern Responsibilities
- Share learning interests or special project interests to manager.
- Provide feedback to manager for Mid-Summer Evaluation
- Send weekly email updates to the manager.
- Complete or hand off any projects by August 1st
- Any project presentations should be about what they learned in conducting, researching, and implementing their project.
Manager Responsibilities
- Mentor and develop talent over summer.
- Conduct frequent touchpoints through the week
- Proactive Communication
- Establish intern project (if applicable) by March 1st.
- Conduct mid-summer evaluation
- Conduct final evaluation after project presentation.
The Premier Ag Agronomy Interns will report directly to Emily Welch, Account Manager/Intern Program Manager