McKay Heward

Plant Science major seeking full time employment.

Field Representative at McCain Foods (2022-04 – Present)

• Responsible for procurement of raw potatoes, contracting with growers, changing contract details with growers, educating growers on best storage practices
• Directed cellar cleanup crew, improved company storage cleaning practices
• Maximized their return on storage infrastructure investment while maintaining quality
• Weekly field checks, informed and advised growers, weekend scheduling of raw volume

Field Tech at Valley Agronomics (2020-01 – 2022-02)

• Performed weekly field checks on potatoes, alfalfa, sugar beets, and timothy looking for plant pathogens, insects, nutrient deficiencies, petiole collecting, and soil sampling
• Weed identification, machine calibration, diagnosing field and agronomy problems
• Performed with sales team to sell products to customers

Agronomy Intern at McCain Foods (2019-05 – 2019-08)

• Performed weekly canopy checks on potato fields, changing spore traps, psyllids traps, insect monitoring, petiole collection, tuber growth, and plant and field quality
• Assisted in diagnosing field problems, helped improve grower relations, organized ten foot dig samples of fields and grading of tubers
• Collected data for the new Resson program to help calculate yield

Professional Applicator at BioWest AG Solutions (2012-02 – 2015-08)

• Operated sprayer equipment, spraying herbicide, fungicide, insecticide, and fertilizers
• Handled, measured pesticides, supervised employees, and their safety
• Record keeping of all jobs, pesticides, locations, and application rates
• Handled repair and maintenance on sprayers, trucks, pumps, motors, and trailers

B.S. in Plant Science – Utah State University (2019-12)

A.S. in Agriculture Science – College of Southern Idaho (2017-05)