$205,572.60–$245,000 Per Year
Agricultural Crops, Agricultural Engineering, Agriculture, Agronomy, Analysis Skills, Biochemistry, Blackberry, Business Strategy, Disease Prevention and Control, Emerging Technology, English Language, Farming, Fungi, Leadership, Multilingual, Nonprofit, Performance Analysis, Performance Management, Pest Control, Productivity Management, Quality of Life, Research Skills, Scientific Research, Soil Microbiology, Spanish Language, Strategic Planning, Sustainability, Team Lead/Manager, Willing to Travel
Agronomy Managers (Oxnard, CA)
Conduct scientific research and study agronomic performance data to improve the productivity and sustainability of crops. Research and analyze alternative soil treatments and substrates to improve crop productivity. Develop and implement integrated programs to improve crop resilience and sustainability through regenerative agriculture, precision fertigation, and salinity adaptation. Research soil health solutions and validate emerging ag-tech tools, including biostimulants and digital platforms. Support expansion efforts with environmental adaptability studies and guide integrated pest management (IPM) strategies using organic and biological methods. May perform additional duties that are similar and consistent with stated position requirements.
Qualified candidates must possess a Bachelor''s degree (or a foreign degree that is equivalent to a U.S. Bachelor's degree) in Agronomy, Agricultural Engineering, or closely related field plus thereafter 9 years of progressively responsible experience. Of the required experience, must have 3 years of experience in each of the following:
- Soilless agriculture using coconut substrate to manage nutrient solutions and control feeding and growth
- Using microbiology in soil to regenerate the microbial habitat and biochemical processes that increase agricultural productivity
- Organic and conventional management for the production of long canes in hydroponics
- Integrated pest and disease management protocols using entomopathogenic fungi and natural parasitoids
- Interpreting soil moisture, tissue, and nutrient solution factors to enhance crop development and yields
- Managing a team of two or more agricultural professionals
- Implementing regenerative agriculture strategies using all of the following indicators: CO respiration, carbon sequestration, microbial activity, nutrient density, and fruit phytochemical content
- Using all of the following remote and in-field monitoring tools: chlorophyll meters, ion-selective sensors, VPD analysis, and digital irrigation diagnostics
- Conducting climatic and edaphic assessments to support varietal adaptability and expansion of production zones
Requires Bilingual Spanish/English. Domestic and international travel to various locations required up to 30% to meet business needs.
Salary Range: $205,572.60 to $245,000.00
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Reiter Affiliated Companies
730 South "A" Street.
Oxnard, California 93030
Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC)
Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) is the largest fresh multi-berry producer in the world, growing Driscoll's proprietary varieties of strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries year-round in the United States, Canada, Baja California, Central Mexico, Portugal, Morocco, Canada and Peru.
We are relentless in our pursuit to bring the highest quality berries that "delight" consumers around the world -from our farms to their families. This starts with our company values of Honesty, Fairness and Respect which not only line the corridors of every office, they are principles that are alive, guiding and leading our business decisions and strategic direction. We place the highest priority and focus on our people, developing their professional growth, and investing in the fulfillment of their personal career journey. These fundamentals have allowed us to achieve an industry leadership position, helping us to adopt health and wellness programs, open primary health clinics for our employees, and partner with local non-profit organizations to improve the quality of life for our farm working families. We hope to continue the Reiter Family legacy of farming through the pursuit of our mission and by living our values.
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Reiter Affiliated Companies, LLC
With a family legacy of farming, Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) is proud to be the largest fresh, multi-berry producer in the world and the leading supplier of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in all of North America. The Reiter family began farming in the San Francisco Bay Peninsula and by the turn of the century had migrated south into Watsonville and the Santa Clara Valley where Joseph “Ed” Reiter and R.O “Dick” Driscoll began growing their own Sweetbriar strawberries variety. After World War II, they farmed under their respective companies of Reiter and Driscoll’s and began marketing strawberries under the Driscoll Strawberry Associates label with other family and associated suppliers.
Throughout the early years, Ed’s son Joseph chartered new agricultural territories up until the late 1970’s when Garland and Miles Reiter, grandsons of Ed Reiter, began working in the family business, developing operations and planting new varieties in California. The brother’s continued to not only preserve their family legacy of farming but grew the company to be one of the nation’s leaders in the agricultural industry. Since that time, the brothers have dramatically increased the Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) investment, farming and pioneering new plant varieties, developing new geographies and offering new commodities to consumers. With this innovative approach to farming and agriculture, RAC’s business has doubled every five years over the past twenty five, supported by a strategy of sustained growth. Newly formed partnerships and unique grower empowered revenue share programs drove business development geographically in the early 1990’s to RAC’s broad footprint of today.
At the heart of the success of this multi-generational farming company, has been the ownership’s fervent belief in their fundamental values and guiding principles. Honesty, Fairness and Respect are framed along the corridors of every RAC office, from the smallest ranch operation in remote locations to their corporate offices in Oxnard. These values have been integrated into every aspect of the company, defining a clear path for integrity to flow throughout the organization. From the humble fields by which their family legacy was born, to the people that represent the Reiter Affiliated Companies today, the successful partnership of two cousins led to a family legacy of farming spanning more than a century long, with geographies that exist today throughout the United States, Mexico, Europe and Northern Africa.
10,000 employees or more
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing