

Inspect customer fields for weeds, insects, disease, and fertility deficiencies and documentĬommunicate observations to Nutrien branch representative and back to the customerĪssist in product deliveries to customers, with timeliness, efficient communication, and required paperworkĬurrently pursuing a degree in an Agriculture related program with a graduation date of Aug 2023 or later This paid internship will provide students with exposure to agronomics, sales, operations, customer service, and more.

The goal of the Agronomy Internship is to provide the intern with valuable training from salesman and agronomists studying and identifying pressures in the field, and to contribute to efforts toward building local data on our products. This position is for a 2023 Summer Internship which will last approximately 12 weeks. Working at Nutrien Ag Solutions will provide you an opportunity to help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be, and grow your career.

We look for people who have a safety-first mindset, who are collaborative team players, who deliver on their commitments, act with integrity, and who support inclusion. Diverse views and experience make us strong.

Proven®Seed and Dyna-Gro®Seed as well as financial, custom application and precision ag services. For more than 150 years, we have been helping growers achieve the highest yields with a wide selection of products, including our proprietary brands: Loveland Products, Inc. As part of our collective mission of Feeding the Future, Nutrien Ag Solutions provides full-acre solutions through our trusted crop consultants at more than 2,000 locations in North America, South America, Europe and Australia. Nutrien Ag Solutions is the retail division of Nutrien™, the largest crop inputs company in the world. Nothing is more important than sending our people home safe, every day. It’s a true perennial which has done a great job for us in the heavy clay brigalow soils in Central Queensland.At Nutrien, our purpose is Feeding the Future and we do so with safety, inclusion, integrity and results as our core values. A lot of the work I’ve done has been with graziers who were looking for an alternative legume to use in heavier clays. Progardes ® has been a big help in improving the productivity and performance of grass dominant pastures in a wide range of soils. What benefits to productivity or performance have you seen using Progardes ®? This has been done with the introduction of legumes into grass-dominant pastures and opening country back up with machinery to hold up the water. What we’re trying to achieve now is to increase ground cover and improve the number of species in a paddock. The nutrient levels have slowly declined since then and a lot of the buffel pastures have become a monoculture. The pastures that I’ve been working on have been consistently grazed by cattle since the original scrub pulling schemes back in the 60s-80s. What are some of the challenges you’ve faced with the pastures you manage? On completing my diploma, I worked on a cattle property 100km west of Charters Towers for a couple of years.” After school, I spent 12 months at the Emerald agricultural college studying beef production. “I’ve been involved in agriculture one way or another throughout my life, starting with working on the family farm after school and on weekends. Luke has been working in the agriculture services sector for more than 12 years, the last 10 focusing on pasture production. Luke Penna Nutrien Ag Solutions, Rockhampton
