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Prairie Soil Services Ltd. is excited to announce they are looking to add a full-time Agronomist to their team, based in their Norquay Office.
You will be joining a highly-regarded and well-respected agronomy team, renowned for their annual "Field of Dreams" testing and research efforts.
You will be a highly motivated individual that can work efficiently and independently in a high energy, fast paced environment.
The position calls for the following duties:
---Provide customized consulting services to Prairie Soils' customers in the form of crop recommendations, fertility (micro/macro), soil testing, field scouting, weed and disease management, product knowledge.
---Be the product knowledge specialist in terms of seed qualities and traits, herbicides, fungicides, pesticides, etc. for the staff and customers of Prairie Soils to allow everyone to implement and use the most appropriate and beneficial product for whatever application is in question or necessary, along with completing and closing the sale.
---Manage the Chemical, Seed and Micro-nutrient Inventory including supplier orders, projections and supplier relations, utilizing our Agre Accounting and Inventory System by Tronia.
---Prepare, conduct, and manage field size/small plot research trials for the benefit of Prairie Soil's customers to help them maximize their productivity.
---Manage the custom dry floating work orders.
---Strategically target new customers and build lasting business relationships with the grower by providing services, support and products from Prairie Soil Services that meet their unique needs.
---Assisting the team at Prairie Soil's with Customer grower meetings and information sessions, by providing current and new agronomic advice through presentations.
---Ultimately, building customer loyalty by providing sound agronomic advice and solutions to meet the needs, resolve issues and maximize productivity for existing customers.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
Work Setting
- Agribusiness
Field Crop Specializations
- Specialty crops
- Oil seeds
- Horticulture
- Forage crops
- Cereals
Type Of Work Experience
- Soil science
- Plant science
- Field crops
- Extension or education
- Agribusiness
Specific Skills - Field Crops
- Seed/seeding production
- Seeding
- Quality control
- Plant disease, pest and weed prevention and eradication
- Plant growth and development
- Plant nutrition
- Inspection
- Harvesting
- Crop storage and preservation
- Classification