The Role
The Content Intern will research and produce agronomic content for farmers, adapting it for email, blog, and social media formats, collaborating with the Category Manager for effective content delivery.
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Company Overview
Farmers Business Network, Inc. (FBN®) is a pioneering digital marketplace and farmer-to-farmer network dedicated to empowering family farmers globally while promoting sustainable agriculture. With over 117,000 members, FBN's Farmers First® promise unites growers and ranchers in their quest to maximize profitability and increase food production. FBN leverages data, AI and direct-to-farm delivery to simplify the agricultural supply chain, boosting convenience and transparency, reducing farm input costs, enhancing access to financing and services, and providing personalized farm insights. Its Gradable® joint-venture helps thousands of farmers adopt and earn rewards for regenerative practices while simplifying the access of regenerative products for the world’s leading food companies and grain buyers.
Position Summary
*This position is for FBN's Summer 2026 Internship Cohort (May - August)*
Farmers Business Network is looking for a Content Intern to join our Category team and help educate farmers on the products, practices, and decisions that drive their operation's success. Reporting to the Category Manager, you will be responsible for researching and producing weekly content pieces rooted in agronomy, product knowledge, and practical farm management. Your work will directly fuel FBN's weekly email programs, blog, and social media channels, helping farmers make better-informed decisions throughout the crop year.
This is an ideal role for someone studying agronomy, agricultural communications, crop science, or a related field who wants hands-on experience creating content that reaches real farmers at scale.
Responsibilities
- Research, write, and deliver one agronomic or educational content piece per week for the full calendar year aligned to the assigned category (e.g., seed, crop protection, crop nutrition, equipment, livestock, etc.)
- Develop content that is accurate, practical, and written in a tone that resonates with working farmers with clarity and credibility
- Adapt each piece for use across three formats: email, blog post, and social media, ensuring each version is appropriately tailored to the channel
- Collaborate with the Category Manager to align content topics with seasonal crop calendar timing, product launches, and key grower decision windows
- Conduct research using agronomic sources, supplier data, university extension materials, FBN data, and guidance from internal subject matter experts
- Maintain a content calendar to track assignments, drafts, review cycles, and publish deadlines
- Incorporate feedback from the Category Manager and revise content to meet FBN's editorial standards
- Build a working knowledge of the FBN product catalog within the assigned category to ensure content is relevant and commercially grounded
Minimum Qualifications
- Currently enrolled in or recently graduated from a program in agronomy, crop science, or related field
- Strong written communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts in accessible, farmer-friendly language
- Basic understanding of crop production, agronomic principles, or farm operations
- Highly organized with the ability to meet weekly deadlines consistently over the duration of the internship
- Comfortable working independently in a remote environment with limited supervision
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience writing for agricultural audiences, student publications, extension programs, or similar outlets
- Familiarity with one or more of FBN's core categories: seed, crop protection, animal health, or equipment
- Exposure to content management systems, email platforms, or social media scheduling tools
- Personal connection to agriculture; grew up on a farm, worked in ag retail, or has field experience
Characteristics
The successful applicant will be:
- Mission-driven in serving family farms and ranchers
- Curious about diving deep into a category
- Disciplined to hit output targets and deadlines
- Agile and able to move at fast pace
- Highly accountable to your own results
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The following represents FBN's reasonable estimate of the US national average base salary range for this role based on market data and placement of internal employees: $20 per hour. This salary range may vary based on geography and the higher cost of labor in some metropolitan areas.
Beyond Base Pay, FBN also offers all full-time/permanent employees competitive total compensation packages that include equity compensation (dependent upon job level), incentive/bonus plans (dependent upon position), paid holidays plus an additional floating holiday, work flexibility including paid time off and remote work if your role is eligible, parental leave, benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, short & long term disability, life insurance, 401k, HSA employer contributions, and more.
FBN is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. FBN considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
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FBN is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known limitations for qualified applicants with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application process. If you need assistance to complete this form or participate in an interview, please let us know.
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The Company
What We Do
Farmer's Business Network, Inc. is an independent agricultural tech and commerce platform and farmer-to-farmer network that helps its members make confident decisions to ensure the economic viability of their farms and work toward a sustainable future. FBN is an advocate for family farmers and ranchers, and does whatever it takes to help farmers become more prosperous - whether it's through data science-driven agronomic insights about their fields, providing farm inputs through its e-commerce store, helping farmers sell their crop more intelligently and independently, or providing them with health or crop insurance. FBN arms farmers with the tools they need to make the best decisions for their business, their families and the planet. See the most commonly asked questions about Farmers Business Network: https://faq.fbn.com/s/ Follow Us @ twitter.com/FBNFarmers facebook.com/pages/Farmers-Business-Network/391276821026384 instagram.com/fbnfarmers/
