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Northern Quinoa Corporation is a vertically integrated specialty grain processing company with a head office out of Saskatoon Saskatchewan. Since 1992 the company has been in the business of contracting, marketing, cleaning and value adding to grain and food products for worldwide distribution.
Reporting to the VP of Agronomy, the successful candidate will develop and maintain excellent customer relations to ensure customer satisfaction and success in growing quinoa, an up-and-coming specialty crop for Western Canada. The successful candidate will be responsible for duties such as field scouting, diagnostics, agronomic advice, soil management and technical solutions pertaining to quinoa. The agronomist will work directly with the VP of Agronomy to additionally develop a successful breeding program and explore all avenues in making quinoa a recognizable and premier diversification crop across western Canada.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Work with the VP of Agronomy to develop an excellent grower program to attract and incentivize new and existing growers to contract quinoa production
Develop methods and practices to help mitigate production risk on farm
Use mathematical and analytical models to conduct and analyze field and cost/return data
Design and implement methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating crops
Prepare documentation for inspection and testing procedures
Present findings to growers in an easy-to-understand actionable way
Assisting the company to ensure a targeted goal of 100% grower satisfaction
Work with growers, new and old, to help build up the overall acreage of quinoa on the prairies quickly and profitably
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not applicable
Work Setting
- Private industry
- Agribusiness
Field Crop Specializations
- Specialty crops
- Cereals
Type Of Work Experience
- Soil science
- Plant science
- Land use
- Field crops
- Agribusiness
- Agricultural products processing
Specific Skills - Field Crops
- Seed/seeding production
- Seeding
- Quality control
- Plant breeding
- Plant disease, pest and weed prevention and eradication
- Plant growth and development
- Plant nutrition
- Marketing and distribution
- Inspection
- Harvesting
- Crop storage and preservation
- Classification
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