Job Description

Waldersey Farms Ltd. farms 7,650 hectares across the Cambridgeshire and Norfolk Fens. It is committed to becoming one of the most productive and sustainable farming, food and energy businesses in the UK.
Ceres Rural is a leading, rapidly growing independent rural consultancy specialising in progressive crop production, farm management and environmental strategy across the UK.
The Position: In your role as a Ceres Rural Agronomist, you will be working 60% of your time as agronomy lead for cereals, energy crops and sugar beet at Waldersey Farms. For the remaining 40% of your time, you will help service and develop Ceres Rural's wider agronomy and advisory portfolio in the region. You will have the opportunity to work from any of the Ceres Rural offices, with those most suitable being Saffron Walden, Norwich or Stamford.
The Candidate: With a strong focus on both crop performance and environmental sustainability we are looking for a combinable, energy and sugar beet crop agronomist providing the expertise to implement technical and cropping strategies as part of the growing team across Waldersey Farms' 7,650 hectare operation.
Key Responsibilities:

• Crop husbandry
• Developing crop programmes with soil health and environmental management focus
• Production precision and cost efficiency
• Data management, crop recording and decision support
• Storage and post-harvest technical input
• Training and staff empowerment

Qualifications:

• BSc Degree in Agriculture, Crop Management, Biological Science, or similar
• BASIS & FACTS (essential)
• BASIS Diploma (advantageous)

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to become part of the growing Ceres Rural team, working collaboratively with Waldersey Farms.
For further details, please contact Jack Smith, Waldersey Farms Technical Director, on 07484 025 539, or Ceres Rural Partner, Jock Willmott, on 07592 041671,
Please send your covering letter and CV to .
Closing Date: Friday 5th September
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