16 Agriculture/Horticulture & Aquaculture jobs

Extension Assistant/Associate Professor- Agriculture/Natural Resources/4-H Agriculture Programs Requisition ID: 2021-3605 # of Openings: 1 Location: US-UT-Panguitch Category: Faculty Position Type: Benefited Full-Time Job Classification: Faculty College: Extension Department: Extension Agriculture & Natural Resources Advertised Salary: Commensurate with experience, plus excellent benefits Overview Utah State University Extension invites applications for a County Extension faculty, 12 month, tenure track position. Extension faculty develop, implement, evaluate, and coordinate research-based educational programs to enhance quality of life for youth and adults. Extension faculty also recruit, train and supervise volunteer leaders and serve as a liaison between local clientele, other resource agencies, and Utah State University administrators, faculty, and programs. This Extension position includes university responsibilities and is based in Garfield County...

Wilmington College is accepting applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor of Agriculture in Agronomy at our main campus in Wilmington, Ohio, to join a talented and innovated department beginning August 2021. This is a nine month, tenure track position to begin the Fall semester 2021. The department values innovative teaching and faculty committed to engaging pedagogies, collaborative and interdisciplinary endeavors, global perspectives, and providing hands on experiences to our students on our academic farm. The candidate will teach courses in computer applications in agriculture, grain crop production, introduction to soils and soil conservation, soils judging, soil fertility, and issues in soil and water conservation. The candidate will also assist the department's development of a food systems and sustainability centered curriculum by working on developing courses in animal science and food system management, and species classes. Willingness to teach in multiple...

 INSTRUCTOR - FORESTRY AND ARBORICULTURE Full-Time, Permanent SRUC Barony, Dumfries £23,254 - £26,374 per annum Reference: ASWF/ILM/029/21 SRUC (Scotland's Rural College) is a widely respected higher education and further education institute dedicated to producing specialist research, delivering high quality education and providing comprehensive consultancy services in the rural sector within the UK and beyond. An organisation unique in Scotland and one of the largest organisations of its kind in Europe; we aim to lead the way in innovation and sustainable development in the agriculture and rural sectors at local, national and international levels.  We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join our forestry and arboriculture team based at SRUC's Barony Campus.  The successful candidate will have proven experience of working in the Arboriculture or Forestry industries to include chainsaw operations and daily machine maintenance. They will have experience of...

The Division of Applied Social Sciences seeks applications and nominations for director of the newly formed Agricultural Finance Center (AFC). The director will hold a non-tenure track appointment at the level of associate or research professor in the Division of Applied Social Sciences and lead programs in the newly-formed AFC. Responsibilities include agricultural and farm finance research, policy research, outreach to disseminate research results, and interaction with policy makers, as well as other Departmental duties.  The AFC director facilitates the successful operation and management of the AFC including leading the development of FAPRI-based analytic models designed to evaluate finance policy options for government and business decision makers. The director will also be expected to be involved in attracting external grants. The AFC director will be tasked with four expectations: 1) leverage and expand the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) baseline...

Appointment Type: AS-Fixed Term Terminal FTE: 100 Position Summary: This is a Wisconsin Dairy Innovation Hub ( https://dairyinnovationhub.wisc.edu/ ) funded position for two years with the potential for renewal for an additional year based on continued funding and satisfactory performance. This is a full-time, 9-month, teaching position, with a teaching load of 24 credit hours (eight courses) per academic year. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: The following qualifications are required: PhD in Agricultural Economics or a related area is required at the time of employment. ABD (all but dissertation) candidates with a completion date prior to August 23, 2021 will be considered. Strong interest in and ability to teach undergraduate classes in one or more of the following areas: agribusiness management, agricultural business accounting, agricultural finance, or agricultural marketing. Strong communication skills: listening, speaking, and writing (including...

Salary: Commensurate With Experience Posting Summary Cape May County is the southernmost county in New Jersey. Much of the county is located on the Cape May Peninsula, bounded by the Delaware Bay to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east. Adjacent to the Atlantic coastline are five barrier islands that have been built up as seaside resorts. A consistently popular summer destination with 30 miles of beaches, Cape May County attracts vacationers from New Jersey and surrounding states, with the summer population exceeding 750,000. This is nearly 8 times that of the general residential population of 93,553 (2017 Census), making it the state's second-least populous county. Tourism generates annual revenues of about $6.6 billion as of 2018, making it the county's single largest industry. More detail on the agricultural industry can be found at www.nj.gov/agriculture/sadc/home/genpub/capemayplan.pdf . As of the 2017 Ag Census, there were 164 farms on 8,135 acres,...

Job ID: 2925040 Location: Fargo Department: AES Plant Pathology Position Information The Department of Plant Pathology at North Dakota State University invites applicants for a 12-month, tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level. The appointment is for research (90%) and teaching (10%). The successful candidate will develop an externally-funded research program with both applied and fundamental components on the biology and management of soybean diseases in the state. Research will focus on diseases of economic importance caused by fungi and oomycetes but collaboration on diseseases caused by other pathogen groups is possible. The position is open to all areas of fundamental research including but not limited to epidemiology, pathogen biology, host resistance, genomics, plant-microbe interactions, and the agribiome. Collaboration with NDSU soybean breeding programs and interaction with soybean pathologists in the region and nation is...

Responsibilities: The incumbent for this 9 month, tenure track position will be primarily responsible for teaching agriculture plant and soil science courses with a full load (12 credit hours per semester) both at the undergraduate and graduate level; develop academic program and design innovative, attractive curriculum for agriculture majors; serve as an academic advisor for students; and participate in student recruitment and retention activities. The course assigned include, but no limited to, horticulture, soil quality, agronomic crops, etc. The incumbent is also expected to write extramural grants; conduct research in their expertise field; and publish in peer-reviewed journals through inter-institutional and inter-institutional collaborative effort; and any other duties as assigned. Qualifications: Ph.D. in agriculture plant and soil or related field, with teaching experience preferred. Must demonstrate the ability to conduct research. Effective and interpersonal...

Job no:   516742 Classification:   Assistant Professor (F9) Grade:   UNAC Grade 30 Work type:   Faculty Full-time Administrative Unit:   University of Alaska Fairbanks School/Business unit:   UAF Institute of Agr Nat Res & Ext Location:   Fairbanks Categories:   Agricultural/Life Sciences/Vet Medicine, Education/Instructional Duties: Teaching responsibilities will include informal workshops, courses, conferences and the district and statewide Master Gardener Program. May participate in educational programs by serving as chair and member on undergraduate projects and graduate student committees, supervising thesis, dissertation, and publishing research results with students if appropriate. Essential Assess community/state needs and opportunities related to sustainable food systems, commercial agriculture, home gardening, specialty non-food crops, etc. Design and conduct integrated Extension programs to address high priority horticulture and...

We are seeking to fill two tenure track faculty positions in the Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology at Montana State University - one spring wheat breeder and one winter wheat breeder. Please go to https://jobs.montana.edu/postings/23808 for the full vacancy announcement and to apply. Applications will be considered for both positions unless you specify otherwise. Duties: Directing independent breeding programs, including varietal development and testing. Establishing competitive and extramurally funded research programs with a focus on wheat improvement. Publishing scholarly research related to wheat breeding and genetics. Classroom instruction, advising/training graduate students and undergraduate advising. Providing appropriate public, departmental and university service Required Qualifications: A Ph.D. degree in Plant Breeding, Genetics, or a related field. Experience in field research and design of field experiments. Experience in basic and...