As part of our Seeds Research and Development team, you will be driven by customer-focused R&D. You may have the opportunity to improve yield and quality for farmers by using state-of-the-art breeding techniques, including industry-leading trait conversion capabilities, to find the best solutions for any condition.

Or you may work with our Crop Protection group whose “think-like-a-farmer” approach helps develop innovations to help crops reach their potential through a full line of world-leading crop protection products.

Insights into our R&D Innovations

Ian Jepson, Ph.D.

Head of Trait Research & Development Biology and Site Business Head at Research Triangle Park, NC

Lisa Phelps

Product Chemistry Group Leader

“We touch every single active ingredient and end-use product that is registered in the U.S. and Canada. If we don’t get these products registered, the grower doesn’t have anything new to implement.”

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Each day, whether you join Production & Supply in Seeds or Crop Protection, you will work to help meet the demands of our customers. You will help to discover the best solutions for a range of challenges including how to efficiently source raw materials to help build a safe and efficient production line. We pride ourselves on leveraging emerging technologies to effectively plan production based on sales forecasts.

Chris Lemnios

Manager of the Production & Supply Development Program

“I recruit, manage and coach top emerging talents into the Production & Supply Development Program. It is such a rewarding experience to see them grow and succeed. I love my job!”

Digital innovations, data and new technologies are transforming the way crops are enabling farmers and agronomists to enhance efficiency and sustainable food production.

As a member of the Digital Solutions group, you will help develop solutions that turn data into meaningful information and ultimately help to grow more food with fewer resources.

We look to our Commercial organization to develop the relationships with our customers, providing them with leading seeds and crop protection innovations as well as localized solutions that will ultimately enhance the prosperity of our farmers.

As part of our Commercial group in crop protection you will be working with an industry-leading team of energetic and dynamic professionals to find ways to help our customers be more efficient, improve pest management, cope with bad weather, break through yield barriers and bring in a more profitable harvest.

In our Seeds organization, you will work as part of a team that aims to be the most customer-focused in the industry. Everything we do is driven and informed by our customers’ challenges and opportunities and their needs and expectations.

Leon Hunter

Agronomy Service Manager
East Heartland

“There’s no substitute for knowledge. You have to know both your products and your customer, and then be able to make the information relatable to the customer.”

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Mike Schultz

NK Seed Agronomist for Southern Minnesota
and South Dakota

“I enjoy the growers, working with farmers. Each one of them are different. Each one of them have a different need or want in their operation, and not one day, not one environment is exactly the same. There's so much variability, and I want to experience all of it working with every farmer that's out there.”

In either our specialized graduate programs or as an intern, you will work in a highly collaborative work environment that places emphasis on investing in the individual. Hands-on training and access to a mentor gives you the necessary tools to become a future leader in control of your own career trajectory.