Overview
Position Overview:
This role provides overall agronomic support to the Agronomy division team members. Agronomists will work collaboratively within the agronomist team, with regional directors and sales leads, agronomy technology specialists, and location managers and sales teams. Collaboration includes but is not limited to training various teams to help develop both basic and advanced agronomic knowledge. The role also includes customer relationship development, stay current with industry agronomic practices, and participating in short- and long-term strategic planning. This will cover Southwest Indiana, from Gibson County to Hendricks County.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Include but are not limited to:
- Provide agronomic support to assigned agronomy locations.
- Provide on-farm technical sales support with Keystone team members.
- Assist in the implementation of Keystone agronomic and grower training.
- Support the assigned agronomy locations with field diagnostic calls.
- Collaborate with the senior technical agronomists on the evaluation of new and developing agronomic products and technologies.
- Work with agronomy technical specialists in delivering comprehensive Elite Rx (soil fertility and plant nutrition) guidelines.
- Effectively communicate the technical benefits of commercial crop protection and yield enhancing products.
- Continue to develop professionally by remaining current with new technologies and management innovations
Skills and Qualifications:
- Ability to effectively communicate and teach agronomic knowledge in public settings.
- Advanced agronomy knowledge and skills associated with the local geography crop production principles.
- The ability to translate highly technical agronomic knowledge to farming practices that can be easily implemented by agronomy locations and farmers.
- Demonstrates ability to calculate pesticide, fertilizer, and seeding rates.
- Demonstrates ability to present agronomic information to large and small groups.
- Experience with the major crops grown in the US – corn, soybeans, and wheat.
- Working knowledge of agricultural farming practices.
- Certified Crop Advisor certification and/or ability/willingness to obtain CCA
- Ability and willingness to work long hours and on-call as business conditions warrant
Education and Experience:
- Bachelors in agronomy with 5+ years of related work experience or master’s degree in agronomy related science (soil and plant nutrition, weed science, plant pathology, cropping systems) and relevant work experience.
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