Graduate Program - Agronomy - 2025

Your career in Agronomy can start here......At Altora Ag we are seeking graduates or early career Agronomist to help with all aspects of our current business operations. This 24 month opportunity will see you working predominantly in the field with our experience agronomists.  You will be working with other graduate and early career agronomists along with our experienced senior team in supporting our Farm teams with their annual cropping cycle.

Your operating base will be in Temora where you will work closely with our established team of industry professionals however you will work across the Riverina in your first rotation. In your second rotation we want to offer you an opportunity to work in our merchandise business and partner with growers int he region to learn about their inputs and supply needs. 

What would you be working on?

• Assist with field trials and help manage assessments.
• Work with our senior agronomists to develop crop plans for the Altora Ag farms.
• Assist with pest, disease, and moisture monitoring.
• Scout crops for pest and disease issues and report findings.
• Record and collate field  data and maintain data collection and management processes including entering acquired data into database.​

Prepare data summaries, reports, analysis that include results, charts, and graphs to document research findings and trend results.

What benefits can you expect with this role 

• An attractive remuneration package.
• An opportunity to work with leading agronomists servicing over 150,000 hectares internally and having the opportunity to work with farms in the district.
• A supportive, flexible, and engaging environment that will support personal/professional development.
• Participate in community partnerships across our network.
• Ongoing training and development.
• Wellbeing - Flu shots, wellbeing sessions & webinars.
• An opportunity to get some operational experience during harvest with our teams during harvest.
• A great team culture with a focus on respect, learning and growth. 

What will you bring to the role?

• Have recently completed a bachelor's degree, in Agriculture, Agricultural Science or related discipline OR currently completing final year.
• Be able to demonstrate a commitment to a career in Agronomy.
• Be prepared to be flexible in where you are prepared to reside.
• Be committed to growing a business through adding value to our clients and demonstrate an ability to deliver awesome customer service.
• Have strong problem solving skills.
• Be enthusiastic, positive and willing to roll your sleeves up to get the job done.
• Be patient and committed to developing your commercial skills and confidence.