Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Intermediate Sales Representative – Alfalfa

Land O'Lakes, Inc.

part-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Pennsylvania • United States

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About the role

  • Assist in the development of new and improved alfalfa varieties as part of a leading research team
  • Support all activities associated with field nurseries and yield trials in a field-testing site at Mt Joy, PA
  • Perform research activities in field, including field preparation, seedbed preparation, planting, propagation, transplanting, plant maintenance, fertigation, integrated pest management, tissue sampling, crop rotation, plot maintenance, irrigation, pesticide application, forage quality sampling, field monitoring, data collection and record keeping
  • Coordinate field days and site tours
  • Report to Breeding Director by providing instant feedback and data collected from trials

Requirements

  • At least ten years of crop research and cultivar testing experience
  • At least ten years of field equipment utilization and maintenance experience
  • General understanding of agricultural cultural practices (e.g. ground preparation, weed control, fertility management)
  • Excellent organizational, planning, and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication and inter-personal skills
  • Capable of lifting 50 lbs.
  • Ability to travel as needed
  • Strong preference with years of experience in conducting research in alfalfa (preferred qualification)
Benefits
  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • PTO
  • life & disability insurance
  • education assistance
  • 401k
  • variety of well-being resources
  • prorated PTO (for part-time)
  • holiday pay
  • employee development programs
  • prorated education assistance (for part-time)
  • 401(k) (for part-time)
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Hard Skills & Tools
crop researchcultivar testingfield equipment utilizationfield equipment maintenancefield preparationplantingpropagationintegrated pest managementdata collectionforage quality sampling
Soft Skills
organizational skillsplanning skillsproblem-solving skillscommunication skillsinterpersonal skills