About the position
Location: Northwest, Lichtenburg
Salary: market related basic salary with car allowance PLUS provident fund and medical aid benefit
Crop Experience: maize, soybeans, sunflower, wheat, or cotton.
Report to: Senior Farming Field Manager.
Starting date: ASAP
Essential Requirements:
- Must be fluent in Afrikaans -absolutely essential
- Demonstrated work experience of minimum 5 years in managing farms and practical knowledge of farm row crops of any of the following maize, soybeans, sunflower, wheat, and cotton.
- Must be based in Lichtenburg
- Must have reliable vehicle, preferably a utility (4x4/bakkie)
- A tertiary qualification will be highly preferred: BSC Agriculture or BComm Agricultural Economics
- Computer literate - MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Role outline:
- Plan, execute, manage, and report on designated Farming units.
Duties
- Construct crop production plans for maize, soybeans, sunflower, wheat and cotton for designated farming units in conjunction with the Operations Manager and Contractors.
- The production plan includes making chemical- and fertilizer recommendations in conjunction with respective chemical representatives and agronomists.
- Building a set budget for each unit covering all necessary scenarios within an achievable cost range with the Operations Manager.
- Evaluate different input prices and farming practice to determine the most efficient production plan.
- 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 Contractors and Operations Manager.
- Coordinate Farming Contractors by assisting with their day-to-day crop production activities and decision making.
- Continuously visiting designated farming units to follow up and help solve challenges, problems and monitor general progress.
- On-farm stock management with safe stock storage, regular stock taking and implementation of inputs.
- Frequent updating and reporting on crop progress as well as projecting production outcomes based on agronomical characteristics and facts for designated Farming units.
- 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 each designated farming unit.
- Report daily rainfall from farms.
- Complete, report and update crop estimates pre-harvest.
If you have not received any feedback from us within 5 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.
By sending your CV along with other additional documents you give consent to HWR to process and retain your personal information for the current opportunity as well as for future opportunities
Desired Skills:
- Farm Management
- Farming Operations
- Planning
- Operations
- Management
- Reporting
- Maize
- Wheat
- Soybean
- Cotton
- Row Crops
- Agriculture
- Afrikaans
