Agronomist
Listed on 2026-10-12
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Science
Agriculture / Farming
The Agronomist provides agronomic oversight across crop production activities, ensuring that standards are reviewed and upheld, risks are identified and managed, and agronomic recommendations support yield, quality, production planning and operational performance. The role provides practical advice, reviews technical reports, signs off relevant schedules and plans, evaluates irrigation and operational performance, analyses laboratory information, and supports continuous improvement and the int roduction of new technology .
- National Diploma or Degree in Agriculture, Agronomy, Crop Production, Plant Science or Agricultural Technology, or Agricultural related qualifications.
- 5-8 years experience in relevant field
- Drivers Licence (Code 08).
- Good physical health.
- Crop monitoring.
- Agronomic sampling.
- Yield estimation.
- Irrigation monitoring.
- Agricultural reporting.
- Technologically capable to use the following:
- Word
- Excel
- Power Point
- Outlook
- Microsoft Packages
- Ability to use various data collection apps.
- Vegetable production.
- Precision agriculture.
- Irrigation systems.
- Agricultural research.
- Data analytics.
Inspections & Agronomic Oversight Purpose
Provide senior oversight of field inspections, production standards, crop condition and operational risks across the production cycle.
- Land-prep inspections
- Quality and spot checks
- Review reports
- Risk management
- Holistic overview
- Practical advice
- Bring in new technology
- Sign off schedules
- Planting inspections
- Quality and spot checks
- Review reports
- Risk management
- Holistic overview
- Practical advice
- Drive improvements
- Crop inspection
- Quality and spot checks
- Review reports
- Risk management
- Holistic overview
- Recommendations
- Yield and quality breakdown
- Moisture management
- Review reports
- Risk management
- Sign off
- Hand weeding management
- Review reports
- Risk management
- Sign off
Planning & Recommendations Purpose
Provide agronomic planning, technical recommendations and evaluation of production programmes to support consistent standards, risk management, yield and quality.
- Land-prep planning
- Provide land-prep directions
- Train out standards
- Make recommendations
- Spray programme planning
- Chemical forecasting
- Oversee the programme
- Train out standards
- Make recommendations
- Conduct gap analysis on products
- Irrigation & operations evaluations
- Quality and spot checks
- Review reports
- Train out standards
- Risk management
- Sign off weekly plans
- Laboratory report analysis
- Analyse nematode samples
- Review N-Check and Nu-Test results
- Review Soil Complete results
- Risk management
- Make recommendations
General Responsibilities Purpose
Provide high-level agronomic input and support alignment between Agronomy, Production and Operations.
- Agronomy engagements
- Team alignment
- Provide high-level feedback
- Discuss yield and quality potentials
- Discuss cost implications
- Production & Operations meetings
- Team alignment
- Discuss challenges
- Risk management
- Equipment maintenance
- Cleaning of equipment
- Monitor status of equipment
- Maintain an inventory of equipment
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