Agronomy Specialist

JOB REQUIREMENTS: Company and Position Information: Del Monte Foods(DMFC) is a multi-national food company headquartered in Walnut Creek,CA, with a powerful portfolio of brands, including iconic Del Monte,Contadina and College Inn. Our premium-quality meal ingredients, snacksand beverages can be found in six out of ten U. S. households. At DelMonte Foods, we believe in supporting one another. In helping our peopleshape their own careers - in letting them grow outward, upward andacross disciplines. We are tending to the greater good, providingaccessible, nourishing, great-tasting food for all. We are Del MonteFoods - Growers of Good.

The salary range for this role is: \$74,910. 78 -\$127,258. 08 Responsibilities: The Midwest Agronomy Specialist is theindividual responsible for joint planning, conducting, and evaluation ofthe Wisconsin bean breeding nurseries, as well as remote pea, bean, andcorn agronomic trials at Illinois and Wisconsin field sites. Thisposition also requires assisting with bean breeding efforts in Wisconsinand Pacific North-West (PNW) or Bean Seed Production sites in PNW. Theindividual will evaluate commercial varieties, agronomic practices, andprovide technical services to the local production units on beans, peas,sweet corn, carrots, beets, and potatoes.

Finally, it is a function ofthe job to maintain a broad and current understanding of agronomicresearch in the food industry and University systems and to maintain anoutside variety evaluation program that are of interest to Del MonteFoods. Conduct agronomic research trials, including: machine harvest,hand pick bean yield plots; machine harvest yield herbicide screen; seedtreatment trials, pesticide efficacy trials, the late season lownitrogen trial; the machine harvest nitrogen rate trial; the outsidebean variety hand pick yield plot; the pea and corn variety hand pickyield plot; Assist in the planning, conducting, and evaluation of theWisconsin bean breeding nurseries.

These nurseries included theselection, observation, brown spot, root rot, white mold, rhizoctonia,and the virus complex trials in Wisconsin. Also assist in themaintenance of the Access bean breeding program, entering harvested seedamounts, and the generation of the PNW bean seed increase plot books. Conduct the bean seed increase at the Plover green house and initiatethe bean crossing program, making crosses and harvesting seed of earlygeneration crosses. The crosses are generated in the Access program,assigned a pedigree, and seed amounts generated. Conduct and evaluate 10to 20 acres in size commercial trials on new bean, pea,\. . . For fullinfo follow application link.

Del Monte Foods, Inc. is an EqualOpportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be consideredwithout regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexualorientation, age, marital status, medical condition, disability,protected veteran status, or any other legally protected status. \*\*\*\*\* APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply In Person: Del Monte Foods,Inc. 1400 Plover Rd. Plover, WI 54467 Mail a Rsum: Del Monte Foods, Inc. PO Box 729 Plover, WI 54467 E-Mail a Rsum: alma. martinez@delmonte. com