Excellence. Pride. Integrity. Compassion. Trust. Are you ready to plant your career in a place where words like these serve as the foundation for doing business every day? At Michigan Sugar, our purpose is Making Life Sweeter, and our mission is Creating Growth and Opportunity.
Michigan Sugar Company has an immediate full-time opportunity for a Agriculturist. This position will cover the company's East District, which is mostly centered in eastern Huron and northern Sanilac counties.
Job Summary
The Agriculturist will work with assigned shareholders to consult on Michigan Sugar Company related activities and to serve as their agronomic specialist. In this role, the Agriculturist will be the direct contact for their assigned shareholders and will consult with shareholders on sugar beet production. At harvest, they will assist in monitoring grower loads to assure proper beets entering pile conducive to long term storage Additionally, the Agriculturist will guide shareholders through the necessary steps to meet shareholder requirements.
Primary Responsibilities
- Provide sound agronomic advice to shareholders.
- Serve as the agronomy specialist for their assigned growers.
- Provide recommendations on soil fertility and crop health.
- Consult with shareholders on variety selection and placement.
- Track sugar beet acreage and yields from contracting to harvest.
- Scout fields during the growing season, and provide recommendations to issues that may be observed, such as emergence, disease, insects, weeds, etc.
- Guide shareholders through the process of contracting, share transfer, early delivery and other shareholder requirements.
- Work with the Agronomists, Agronomy Managers to identify practices that can be implemented to benefit shareholders and/or Michigan Sugar Company.
- Work with Ag Operations Team and shareholders to meet the needs of harvest.
- Manage assigned early delivery lotteries.
- Work with Ag Logistics to guide Maus operations.
- Work with the Ag Communications team to support departmental programs.
- Promote Michigan Sugar Company in a positive manner and support all teams in the Ag Department and the Cooperative.
- Other duties as assigned.
Position Qualifications
- Associate or bachelor’s degree in agronomy related study or equivalent work experience/degree
- Experience with field consulting is preferred
- Competent in computer software packages such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Ability to provide trusted advice to growers
- Strong Agronomic skills
Key Competencies
- Strong attention to detail
- Must be self-motivated and able to work independently without supervision in a fast paced ever changing environment
- Ability to work well with others in a team environment
- Ability to work with confidential information
- Ability to calmly handle adversity and professionally deal with conflict
- Demonstrate ethics and integrity
- Provide model behavior to demonstrate professional values
- Ability to learn new software/computer programs
NOTE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by staff assigned to this position. The above statements are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills that may be required. All staff may be required to perform duties outside their normal responsibilities as needed.
Michigan Sugar Company offers competitive salary, opportunity for professional growth, and provides excellent medical insurance 100% company paid. A comprehensive benefits package includes: dental and life insurances, 401k match, paid holidays, vacation, sick leave and more. To learn more visit
www.michigansugar.com.
Michigan Sugar Company was founded in 1906 when six smaller sugar companies merged their operations. In 2002, Michigan Sugar Company became a grower-owned cooperative and in 2004, it merged with Monitor Sugar Company to form the company that exists today.
Michigan Sugar Company is headquartered in Bay City and has sugar beet processing facilities in Bay City, Caro, Croswell and Sebewaing, Michigan. Its nearly 900 grower-owners plant and harvest up to 160,000 acres of sugar beets each year in 20 Michigan counties, as well as Ontario, Canada. Those beets are sliced at the factories and turned into about 1.3 billion pounds of sugar annually.
That sugar is sold to industrial, commercial and retail customers under the Pioneer and Big Chief brands.
Michigan Sugar Company has 930 year-round employees and an additional 1,100 seasonal workers. It is the No. 1 employer in Huron County, the No. 2 employer in Bay and Sanilac counties and the No. 3 employer in Tuscola County. The company’s annual payroll is more than $65 million and its annual local economic impact is about $500 million.
Michigan Sugar Company is the third largest of eight sugar beet processing companies in the United States and Michigan is one of 11 states where sugar beets are grown in the country.
Michigan Sugar Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer
