Field agronomist vs agriculture scientist

Differences between field agronomist and agriculture scientist duties and responsibilities

Field agronomist example responsibilities.

• Lead all agronomy relate functions including fertility management, irrigation.
• Schedule harvest base on weather conditions, plague presence, maturity of the crop and establish deadlines.
• Receive CCA certification and train representatives/dealers in agronomics.
• Develop a USDA/Aphis environmental assessment for the deregulation of a genetically modify lepidoperan resistant cotton variety by the USDA.
• Establish and maintain appropriate systems to monitor, evaluate and report on all operational activities including logistics and program implementation.
• Process requests, receipts, storage, and issuance of ammunition.

Agriculture scientist example responsibilities.

• Manage sample inventory via in-house laboratory information management system (LIMS) and implement additional systems for sample and chemical organization.
• Key activities include process chemistry development, synthesis of intermediates, compound purification and structure identification, and comprehensive scientific documentation.
• Evaluate patient samples to identify biomarkers providing the development of asthma patient stratification methods.