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The NC State University Department of Crop and Soil Sciences is hiring for a Temporary Field Technician to support various aspects of agricultural production and research, including sampling on private farms and research stations across North Carolina.
Job duties are to support the activities of two main projects: field crop and weed image collection and cover crop breeding. Field responsibilities include planting and hand harvesting cover crops, working with soil sampling equipment in a field setting, transporting, processing and analyzing the samples. Additional responsibilities include some plant image collection in the field, collecting plant and soil samples, drying, weighing, and grinding grain, plant, and soil samples, analyzing grain, laboratory analysis of plant and soil samples, managing agronomic research projects, data entry, and other related duties as necessary.