Farm Production Manager(Painchaud Performance Group)-Job vacancies in Canada

Job Title:Farm Production Manager
Organization:Painchaud Performance Group
Job Location Stewart Valley,Saskatchewan Canada
Deadline:ASAP
Amberfield Farms, located in Stewart Valley, SK, is hiring a Production Manager.
In this position, you’ll manage the farm’s production process, including crop monitoring from pre-seed to post-harvest, fertilization, seed selection, and forecasting crop production to achieve the company’s goals and financial targets.
Responsibilities:

•     Performs pre-seed in crop, and pre- and post-harvest field scouting.
•     Provides crop protection recommendations.
•     Coordinates field operation timing with managers, including seeding, spraying, and harvest.
•     Performs soil and tissue testing for management zones and provides fertility recommendations.
•     Completes record keeping for scouting, recommendations, and field operations.
•     Attends agronomic and production meetings, seminars, and field days.
•     Maintains and builds business relationships with suppliers, customers, and business partners.
•     Creates a forecast for needed crop protection supplies from previous records.
•     Tenders forecasted needs of crop inputs to multiple suppliers and negotiates terms.
•     Maintains product inventory during the growing season to ensure product is always readily available for equipment.
•     Researches and selects seed varieties for each crop.
•     Calculates seed required and purchases from suppliers.
•     Maintains records for trial activities, including labour, equipment, and supplies.
•     Creates, monitors, and maintains field operation record books, including, drill, sprayer, truck, roller, and water truck.
•     Trains new operators on equipment, including air drills, sprayers, and combines.
•     Manages GPS software, including updates, and field boundaries.

Qualifications:

•     A minimum of three years’ farm management or equivalent experience.
•     Ag related education.
•     Results orientated with excellent verbal and written communication and leadership skills.
•     Advanced computer skills and strong knowledge of farm-based software is an asset.
•     Agricultural tools expertise.
•     Ability to manage crop production, budgets, programs and schedules.
•     Extremely personable and superior customer-service skills.

Amberfield Farms is a dry land cropping farm that produces quality products such as barley, red and small green lentils, oats, canola and field peas under a zero till, continuous cropping system. We offer flexible work hours, a competitive salary and benefits.If this sounds like a fit, we’d like to hear from you.
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