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
