Agronomy Trial Specialist

Summary

Join our team as an Agronomic Trial Specialist and support research activities for See & Spray technology with a focus on weed control in soybean, corn, and cotton production systems.

Requirements

• Ideal for current or recent undergraduate students pursuing a degree in agronomy, agribusiness, ag science, crop sciences, application technology, or related field
• Ability to understand and interact with agricultural technology and machinery
• Exceptional understanding of row crop production agriculture
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; fluent English speaker and writer
• Can work independently and without constant supervision or direction
• Ability to work well in a highly collaborative and multidisciplinary environment
• Physically able to work in hot environments with PPE gear within recently treated fields
• Valid driver’s license

Responsibilities

• General setup of field trials, including marking of treatment boundaries prior to application
• Assist Blue River Field Engineers on the days of application, which will include data collection immediately following treatment while wearing appropriate PPE to identify treated plants
• Following each treatment, data on the effectiveness of weed management is collected as instructed by the Blue River Agronomy team
• Data entry
• Communicate with cooperators and Blue River Field Team to coordinate field management activities and spray events
• Assist with sprayer demonstration days as directed by the Blue River Marketing team per region
• Assist with sprayer experiments as directed by the Blue River Engineering team and Field Engineers
• Evaluation of weed control within trials that include plant counts and visual assessments
• Extensive travel to various field trial locations in the assigned region throughout the 3 month season