Hi, I'm new on here so I'm not sure where to ask this.
I'm a 24 year old Female who is just recently graduated 2:1 honours degree (BSC) in Agriculture.
I want to become an agronomist but I'm finding it difficult to get any jobs in this sector especially as a trainee agronomist.
I have 10 weeks of experience working with scottish seed potatoes. Over ten weeks in summer 2019 I worked on a research project, funded by the British Society for Plant Pathology, and collecting data for my honours dissertation. This involved working alongside scientists from two different institutions to investigate the potential use of drones for surveying seed potato crops for pests and disease.
As part of this work I completed a variety of tasks including:
• Identification of potato cyst nematodes (PCN) and aphids in potato crops .
• Testing potato tubers for a variety of fungal blemish diseases and rots with the pathology team.
• Testing samples for potato viruses Y, X, A, S, M, V in the lab that were submitted by potato crop inspectors.
• Potato crop walking and training to identify any potential pest/disease in support of the seed potato classification scheme
• Collecting river samples for bacterial pathogens across Scottish rivers for Ralstonia solanacearum and Dickeya spp.
•I gained a Certificate of Completion for the Identification of potato varieties and their diseases
As part of my Bachelor’s Degree at I completed a final year dissertation project which focused on the use of drone imagery as an alternative to traditional ground-based assessment of the development of potato trial crops. During the project, I was responsible for collecting field-based data, particularly ground cover, and crop height that I also used for my dissertation.
I have experience with Excel, arcGIS and QGIS.
I lived in Edinburgh for two years while I completed my degree but have moved back home to Northern Ireland to look for a job as this means I don't have to pay for rent/council tax/other bills etc.
I come from a livestock farm and have additional experience where I worked in an abattoir for 8 months but not as much arable experience.
I'd really appreciate any advice given to me, I'm more than happy to move to England/Scotland/Wales for a job. I'd definitely do more arable crop work for experience but I'm not exactly sure where would be the best area to gain experience in.
I'm a 24 year old Female who is just recently graduated 2:1 honours degree (BSC) in Agriculture.
I want to become an agronomist but I'm finding it difficult to get any jobs in this sector especially as a trainee agronomist.
I have 10 weeks of experience working with scottish seed potatoes. Over ten weeks in summer 2019 I worked on a research project, funded by the British Society for Plant Pathology, and collecting data for my honours dissertation. This involved working alongside scientists from two different institutions to investigate the potential use of drones for surveying seed potato crops for pests and disease.
As part of this work I completed a variety of tasks including:
• Identification of potato cyst nematodes (PCN) and aphids in potato crops .
• Testing potato tubers for a variety of fungal blemish diseases and rots with the pathology team.
• Testing samples for potato viruses Y, X, A, S, M, V in the lab that were submitted by potato crop inspectors.
• Potato crop walking and training to identify any potential pest/disease in support of the seed potato classification scheme
• Collecting river samples for bacterial pathogens across Scottish rivers for Ralstonia solanacearum and Dickeya spp.
•I gained a Certificate of Completion for the Identification of potato varieties and their diseases
As part of my Bachelor’s Degree at I completed a final year dissertation project which focused on the use of drone imagery as an alternative to traditional ground-based assessment of the development of potato trial crops. During the project, I was responsible for collecting field-based data, particularly ground cover, and crop height that I also used for my dissertation.
I have experience with Excel, arcGIS and QGIS.
I lived in Edinburgh for two years while I completed my degree but have moved back home to Northern Ireland to look for a job as this means I don't have to pay for rent/council tax/other bills etc.
I come from a livestock farm and have additional experience where I worked in an abattoir for 8 months but not as much arable experience.
I'd really appreciate any advice given to me, I'm more than happy to move to England/Scotland/Wales for a job. I'd definitely do more arable crop work for experience but I'm not exactly sure where would be the best area to gain experience in.