Jobs at Heartland Co-op

Assists the Location Manager with directing grain location production, distribution, warehousing, sales, inventory, accounting, budgeting, quality control, safety compliance, and customer service. Supervises location employees, develops efficiency plans, supports profitable operations, and assumes location manager responsibilities during absences. The role involves outdoor work, seasonal long hours, heavy lifting, and exposure to mechanical, chemical, and weather-related hazards.

Manages production, distribution, warehousing, sales, inventory, grain quality, safety, accounting records, budgets, and customer relationships for an agricultural cooperative location. Supervises employees, coordinates operational resources, promotes services and new markets, controls expenses, and ensures regulatory and safety compliance. The role requires seasonal long hours, heavy lifting, outdoor work, a valid driver’s license, and knowledge of AS400 accounting and inventory software.

Leads production, distribution, warehousing, sales, inventory control, grain quality, safety, accounting records, budgeting, and customer service for an agricultural cooperative location. Supervises employees, develops operational plans, manages expenses and materials, promotes services and new markets, and ensures compliance with organizational policies. The role requires outdoor and seasonal work, heavy lifting, a valid driver’s license, and knowledge of AS/400 accounting and inventory software.

Sells agronomy inputs and services, including seed, fertilizer, agricultural chemicals, and consulting programs, to production customers. Develops territory sales and prospect lists, assesses customer potential and creditworthiness, recommends products, maintains customer relationships, communicates market information to management, and conducts farm test plots for field-crop varieties. Requires outdoor fieldwork, seasonal hours, a valid driver’s license, commercial insurability, and CCA certification.

Helps farmers improve profitability through soil health and conservation practices, including cover crops, reduced tillage, nutrient management, and conservation drainage. Conducts farmer education, sales, field demonstrations, agronomic consultations, partnership development, data management, reporting, grant writing, cost-share applications, and project coordination. Supports conservation program implementation and trains sales staff. The role requires outdoor fieldwork, seasonal hours, physical activity, and maintaining a valid driver’s license with commercial insurability.

Apply pesticides, fertilizers, and other agricultural products according to label directions; operate and maintain application equipment; record weather, product, field conditions and rates; perform off-season equipment and grounds maintenance; ensure safety, regulatory compliance, and required licensing (chemical applicator license, CDL).

Sell, support, and deliver precision agriculture products and services across an assigned territory. Provide soil and tissue sampling, variable-rate prescriptions, data analysis, Climate FieldView and Truterra platform implementation, UAV imagery collection, and Farm Field System data management. Develop sales and marketing plans, meet sales and margin targets, liaise with internal teams and external partners, and represent the company at events. Frequent travel within the trade area and physical field work required.

Sell feed products within an assigned territory by making sales calls, recommending feed and services, evaluating animal performance, assisting manufacturing and deliveries, managing orders/billing, maintaining equipment, supporting retail promotions, and building long-term customer relationships.

Install, align, assemble, dismantle, and maintain industrial machinery per blueprints using hand and power tools, hoists/cranes, and precision instruments; perform maintenance, safety procedures (confined space, lockout/tagout), and routine housekeeping. Must lift heavy loads and work at heights.

Manage daily operations of a Heartland Co-op location, overseeing production, distribution, warehousing, inventory control, sales, accounting, budgeting, safety, and staff supervision. Ensure grain quality, customer relations, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency; prepare financial records and recommend budgets. Role requires heavy lifting and on-site work.

Entry-level sales agronomist role focused on learning sales, agronomic recommendations, customer management, sample scheduling, CRM documentation, certifications (CCA and pesticide licenses), and supporting Sales Agronomists to grow accounts and manage inventory and receivables.

Entry-level sales agronomist role focused on learning to support sales, manage customer accounts, assist with soil and tissue sampling, advise on agronomic products/practices, complete certifications (CCA and pesticide licenses), collaborate across departments, and travel between locations to support sales and inventory planning.

Installs, aligns, repairs, and maintains industrial machinery using hand and power tools, cranes and hoists. Reads blueprints, constructs foundations, performs machining, welding, confined-space and lockout/tagout procedures, and completes routine maintenance and housekeeping. Must follow safety protocols and maintain a valid driver’s license and insurability.