Job Description

Free StateSalary is market related basic salary with provident fund and medical aid benefits.Reports to Senior Farming Field Manager.Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• Ideal candidate must have a minimum tertiary qualification, B.SC Agriculture or B.Comm Agricultural Economics degree.
• Demonstrated work experience of minimum 2 to 3 years.
• Knowledge of the grain industry and/or experience in farming / agriculture in South Africa
• Fluent in Afrikaans

Duties & ResponsibilitiesPlan, execute, manage, and report on the designated farming units.Planning:

• Construct crop production plans on Agworld for maize, soybeans, sunflower, wheat, and canola for designated farming units in conjunction with the Senior Field Manager and Contractor.
• The production plan includes making chemical-, seed, fertilizer & lime recommendations in conjunction with respective representatives and agronomists.
• Assist Senior Field Manager with building a set budget for each unit covering all necessary scenarios within an achievable cost range.
• Assist Senior Field Manager to evaluate different input prices and farming practice to determine the most efficient production plan.

Execution:

• Execute the production plans within the set budget together with Senior Manager and Farming Contractor.
• Oversee that land preparations are done accurately and on time.
• Ensure timely planting and application of inputs within correct procedure and circumstances as set out in the production plan with Farming Contractor and Senior Field Manager.
• Ensure timely and accurate delivery of inputs and contracting services rendered.
• Ensure accurate delivery of harvested crops into designated silos and/or coordinating on-farm loading of harvested crops to end-point destinations.

Managing:

• Coordinate the Farming Contractor by assisting with his day-to-day crop production activities and decision making. In some instances, taking full responsibility of certain farm activities may be required, for example crop spraying.
• Continuously visiting fields planted to follow up and help solve challenges, problems and monitor general progress.
• Ensuring continuous farm visits by agronomists and representatives to the farms to evaluate crop development.
• On-farm stock management with safe stock storage, regular stock taking and implementation of inputs.

Reporting:

• Frequent updating and reporting on crop progress as well as projecting production outcomes based on agronomical characteristics and facts for the designated farming unit.
• Reporting on factors that influence the crops during the season and potential damage and/or solutions to it.
• Reporting on the planned budget and any factors that may influence it toward potential over or under spending for the designated farming unit.
• On-farm as well as storage facility stock quantities and making use of Shed to assist with inventory management.
• Report daily rainfall for all farms.
• Complete, report and update crop estimations pre-harvest.
• Report deliveries into designated delivery points of harvested crops and reconcile with reports.

Essential skills

• Self-Driven
• Good communication skills
• Teamwork
• Innovative
• Ownership & Accountability
• Management
• Detail orientated
• Microsoft Office
• Planning and organising
• Analytical skills
• Reporting and writing

Desirable skills

• Agility
• Able to stay focused in a high intensity- and pace working environment.

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Helen Wilson Recruitment