Agricultural Field Representative Intern
Agricultural Field Representative Intern Snap Beans 2025
Category: Seneca Foods
Date: Mar 10, 2025
Location: Ripon and Hancock, WI, US
Description:
Seneca Foods is one of North America's leading providers of packaged fruits and vegetables with facilities located throughout the United States. Our high quality products are primarily sourced from over 2,000 American farms. Seneca holds the largest share of the retail private label, food service, and export canned vegetable markets, distributing to over 90 countries. Products are also sold under the brands of Libby’s®, Aunt Nellie’s®, READ®, Seneca Farms®, Green Valley®, CherryMan®, Paradise®, Pennant®, and Seneca labels, including Seneca snack chips. Seneca also provides vegetable products to other companies under various co-pack arrangements.
Seneca Foods is seeking 2-3 interns in snap beans for the 2025 season, covering the Hancock, WI and Ripon, WI growing areas and reporting to either the Ripon, WI ag shop or the Hancock, WI field office.
The Field Representative Intern reports to the supervising Field Representative to assist in seed distribution, keep accurate records on seed inventory and scouting notes, perform crop scouting, take harvest samples, and other miscellaneous tasks as assigned by the field representative. This position covers snap bean acres planted in the Ripon, WI area and the Hancock, WI area. The time frame for this internship is May 2025 - September/October 2025, depending on school schedules.
Essential Job Functions:
- Distribute and handle seed, utilizing pickup trucks and forklifts
- Keep accurate records of seed inventory
- Keep accurate records of crop scouting notes
- Assist in planting population checks as each field is planted
- Crop scout fields in the Ripon, WI and Hancock, WI growing areas for weeds, disease, and pests
- Take samples of fields near harvest to measure maturity
- Keep accurate sample records
- Assist in harvest equipment operation as needed or if interested
- Develop a working relationship with growers and coworkers
- Meet with growers to have pertinent documents signed prior to harvest
- Operate with a safety focused mind-set and follow good management practices
- Assist in other duties as assigned by the field representative
Qualifications:
- Enrolled in an Agriculture based 2 or 4 year program at an accredited school
- Interest in Agriculture
- Ability to learn
- Proficient communication skills
- Must be at least 18 years old
- Current driver's license with a clean driving record
Seneca Foods Corporation is committed to providing equal opportunity for all, through a positive and continuing affirmative action program. No employee or applicant will be discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, military and/or veteran status or any other Federal or State legally protected classes. Seneca Foods Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and feel you need a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), please contact us at ADA@senecafoods.com or call 585-495-4100.