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Glossary > Yield Testing Manager
Role Purpose
This
position provides day-to-day supervision for
a variety of research activities at company
a research station.
The position will play a key role in
developing superior varieties primarily for
by supporting all phases of experiment
planning, data collection, data quality and
analysis, seed filling, and field activities
including planting, pollinating and harvest.
Typical Work
Activities
- Manage all
on-station and off-station farming
operations associated with the Yield Testing
program
- Manage
data from field collection through central
storage including data quality checking and
classification.
- Acquire
and maintain facilities and equipment for
effective and efficient functioning of all
Yield Testing operations.
- Work with
Plant Breeder to develop and manage an
annual station budget that supports research
goals and objectives
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Collaborate with other research stations to
exchange ideas, plots, data and other items
to maximize performance of the team.
- Operate
research equipment (planters, sprayers,
combines, trucks, trailers).
- Develop
and establish proficiency with new
technology and computer programs related to
the overall breeding effort.
Educational
Requirements
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Bachelor’s degree in agronomy or related
field and minimum of 5 to 8 years of
industry related experience, or Master’s
Degree and 2 to 4 years of experience.
Skills,
Knowledge, and Experience
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Excellent planning and organization
skills
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Ability to plan and manage multiple
projects completely and accurately
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Agronomic expertise to include
herbicide knowledge and application,
tillage practices, crop scouting,
problem identification and solving,
as well as knowledge of experimental
field plot design.
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Experience with agricultural based
machinery and equipment
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Knowledge and experience using
research plot equipment is highly
desirable.
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Self-motivation and ability to
initiate projects, improvements,
decisions and problem solving
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Supervisory and leadership skills to
effectively coordinate complex
research station operations are
required.
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