Field Research Intern
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Job Location:
Willmar, MN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
CHS Inc. is a leading global agribusiness owned by farmers ranchers and cooperatives across the United States that provides grain food and energy resources to businesses and consumers around the world. We serve agriculture customers and consumers across the United States and around the world. Most of our 10000 employees are in the United States but today we have employees in 19 countries. At CHS we are creating connections to empower agriculture.
Summary
CHS is looking for a Field Research Intern to join the Product Development team for the Summer of 2026. The Field Research Intern will gain experience across all aspects of CHS research and development to ensure we are bringing the highest quality products to market. The individual will have the opportunity to spend time with various technical specialists across Minnesota North and South Dakota Nebraska and Iowa learning how a product concept is taken from an idea to reality. The individual will develop strong agronomic knowledge and understanding of how a technical specialist forms a partnership of replicated research with account managers technical specialists dealers and growers.
The ideal location to reside would be in the Watertown Brookings Sioux Falls or Mitchell SD areas or surrounding vicinities.
Responsibilities
- Assist technical product specialist with day-to-day activities including: Coordinating replicated third party research trials to assess the efficacy of CHS products including adjuvants starter fertilizers micronutrients biologicals inoculants seed treatments and fertilizer additives. As well as assist with coordinating field scale side by side and strip trials.
- Visiting plots to collect data and visuals.
- Analyzing data and creating tools to support product sales.
- Help conduct small scale replicated research including trial setup pesticide applications treatment evaluations trial maintenance & more.
- Learn features and benefits of all CHS products.
- Learn about CHS crop protection product development pipeline.
Assist with product applications as needed. - Travel mainly throughout South Dakota but could be required to travel into North Dakota Minnesota Iowa and Nebraska; if opportunity to learn from other technical specialists allows.
- Responsible for an individual project throughout the summer culminating in a presentation delivered in a company or group meeting. Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications (required)
- Enrolled in relevant coursework in 2 or 4 year higher education institution.
- Interest in agricultural business.
CHS offers a competitive total rewards package. Compensation includes base wage and depending upon position may include other earnings such as bonus incentives and commissions. Actual pay offered will vary based on multiple factors which may include without limitation experience education training specialized skills and certifications minimum wage/salary requirements under local law.
If eligibility requirements are met you may participate in 401(k).
CHS is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability.
Please note that any communication from a CHS recruiter would be sent using a email addition a CHS recruiter will not ask for confidential information over the phone or in an email or request money from a candidate involved in an offer process. If you have questions regarding an employment opportunity please reach out to ; to verify that the communication is from CHS.
Required Experience:
Intern
Key Skills
- Robotics
- Machine Learning
- Python
- AI
- C/C++
- Data Collection
- Research Experience
- Signal Processing
- Natural Language Processing
- Computer Vision
- Deep Learning
- Tensorflow
About Company
CHS is a diversified global agribusiness cooperative owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States.
