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Crop Health Field Sciences Intern - California

extra holidays - extra parental leave

Remote:

Full Remote

Contract:

Internships

Experience:

Entry-level / graduate

Work from:

District of Columbia (USA), United States

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Current sophomores or above, Focus in Agronomy or related fields, Minimum GPA of 3.0, Valid driver's license required.

Key responsabilities:

Assist in field plot management
Participate in product characterization
Conduct phenotyping tasks
Support digital agricultural projects

Corteva Agriscience Agriculture & Farming Large

10001 Employees

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Job description

RES00004885

Description

Grow what's next. Grow your future. Corteva Agriscience is seeking Crop Health R&D (CHRD) Field Sciences Interns to participate in a 3–6-month internship! Corteva sponsors a variety of internships in agricultural research across many field research locations in California. These research locations conduct crop protection/health product characterization activities. As a CHRD Field Sciences Intern at one of our research locations, you will have the opportunity to obtain diverse experiences across crop protection/health product development.

Position duration varies depending on location, but typically lasts throughout the summer for three to six months. Possible locations include: Woodland, CA and other California locations.

Responsibilities – What You'll Do

Work as part of a team in one or more of the following research areas: field plot management, product characterization, phenotyping tasks associated with crop protection/trait product development, and/or digital ag projects.
Assist Field Scientists located at either one of our dedicated research centers or from a home-office environment in the assigned geographic region.
Gain excellent experience that can be applied to full time positions in the industry, or in preparation for additional graduate level training in the plant sciences.

Qualifications

Qualifications – What You'll Bring:

Priority will be given to students that are at least current sophomores at an accredited university. Interns can be undergraduate or graduate students.
Educational focus in Agronomy, Plant Physiology, Plant Pathology, Genetics, Biology, Horticulture, Entomology, Weed Science, or a related agricultural field highly desired
Agricultural background beneficial
Preference will be given to students with a minimum GPA of 3.0
Must be enrolled for the upcoming semester/quarter at an accredited university at the time of internship
Candidates need to have a valid driver's license with a good driving record and must be able to pass drug and criminal background checks