Agronomy​/Agriculture Intern; Washington

Participate in a paid internship program built around your career goals and hands-on projects that impact the organization. Interns work toward completing a Capstone project and are assigned a mentor who will guide and evaluate performance. Our highly selective summer intern program has projects that will help you build the next stage in your career.

• Paid internship, May – August 2027 (actual dates may vary)
• Gain real-world working experience through dynamic projects assigned by your mentor and assigned department
• Network and learn from executives, department leaders, high performers, and fellow interns across the business
• Receive guidance and feedback from your assigned mentor throughout the program
• Professional development events providing tools that will help after the internship and after graduation

Support the Lamb Weston Agricultural Services team with several projects related to agronomy. A skilled mentor with be assigned to the intern for the duration of the internship. This mentor will provide training and complete weekly reviews to assess progress and answer questions.

• Working alongside the raw potato grading crew to build an understanding of potato grading
• Collaborating with your assigned mentor based on areas of focus which include but are not limited to:
  Agronomy, Partner Grower
  - Farming, and Raw Utilization/Procurement

• Gain a hands-on in-depth understanding of the science behind potato growth, development, and how environmental variables directly affect quality & yield
• Responsible for new variety data capture, trial development and implementation, field scouting and observation

• Review, analyze, and learn about the budgetary process and practices that affect quality and yield such as:
  Crop management, pest & fertilizer applications, soil moisture management, chemigation & fumigation

• Work directly in the field and help to help ensure the highest quality potato attributes and build an understanding of how plant efficiencies directly impact raw product costs
• Build a fundamental understanding of raw product storage and raw utilizationoptimization

• Must be currently enrolled or a recent graduate of an Agriculture
  , Agronomy
  , Crop Science, or related program
• Juniors
  , Seniors
  , or Master’s degree students preferred but also accepting recent grads
• Minimum GPA 3.0 preferred
• Valid U.S. driver’s license and ability to meetthe Lamb Weston Authorized Driver standards
• Excellent verbal and oral communication skills
• Ability and willingness to work independently
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong computer competencyand experience using a tablet and/or iPhone
• Experience with MS suite of products desirable