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Job Summary
This position is responsible for management, planning and control of company’s farming operations from land prep through quality harvest.
Essential Functions:
- Assist in generating planting plans and budget inputs.
- Design and implement systems to efficiently manage labor and equipment
- Propose creative solutions to farming problems
- Generate new ideas for testing in our research program
- Work closely with Packing and quality management to produce the highest quality products.
- Conduct and manage all preparations.
- Follow and document planting plan.
- Generate accurate crop survey and crop forecast.
- Produce spray forecast according to the crop survey
- Help supervise crop harvesting.
- Help in quality control.
- Comply with all safety requirements.
- Design “spray programs” and spray crops with pesticides.
- Maintain farm data for analysis
- Train and supervise the assistant growers.
- Conduct farm research
- Maintains proper records for spraying and fertilizing
- Calibrates and documents planting and spray equipment.
- The ideal candidate should have a B.S. or M.S. in Agronomy, Plant Science or Horticulture.
- 5 years vegetable farm management experience. Large-scale agriculture.
- Mechanical knowledge and agricultural tools expertise.
- Ability to prepare daily written reports.
- Ability to manage assets - equipment, labor.
- Ability to budget, program, manage, schedule.
- Results oriented manager.
- Ability to plan ahead and to look at the whole picture.
- Bilingual English / Spanish is highly preferred.
Job Requirements:
- The ideal candidate should have a B.S. or M.S. in Agronomy, Plant Science or Horticulture.
- 5 years vegetable farm management experience. Large-scale agriculture.
- Mechanical knowledge and agricultural tools expertise.
- Ability to prepare daily written reports.
- Ability to manage assets - equipment, labor.
- Ability to budget, program, manage, schedule.
- Results oriented manager.
- Ability to plan ahead and to look at the whole picture.
- Bilingual English / Spanish is highly preferred.
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