Josh Barnes

Experience

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  JCB Farms LLC

  Jan 2005 - now

  Owner

  • Established and maintain 25 acres of certified organic Japanese Persimmon orchard • Manage the marketing and of Japanese persimmons.• Ensure proper orchard management by maintaining correct tree training and post-harvest fruit quality.

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  Barnes Farming Corporation

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2013

  Farm Hand
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  People to People Ambassador Programs

  Jul 2007 - Jul 2007

  International Student Athlete
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  Bethany's Best LLC

  Jan 2008 - Sept 2013

  Sales and Production Manager

  - Managed all production, sales, marketing, and brokering of 20 acres of watermelons and cantaloupes.- Supervised H2A labor crews; created and implemented efficient harvest, food safety and distribution methods.

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  North Carolina State University

  Mar 2014 - May 2015

  - Gained research experience from nationally prominent turfgrass and weed science programs within the Department of Crop Science. - Assisted in experimental plots/field trials, recording data, and the discovery of pesticide efficacy and residues on forages and turf. - Observed and studied similarities and differences in production, marketing, and policy presented by various farms and agribusinesses in the United Kingdom.

  • Undergraduate Crop Science Research Assistant

    Jan 2014 - May 2015

  • Study Abroad - International Agribusiness, Culture and Law

    Mar 2014 - Mar 2014
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  Coastal AgroBusiness, Inc.

  May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Sales Intern

  - Developed scouting techniques of various commercially grown fruits and vegetables. Consulted with farmers and provided diagnosis and knowledge of various crop protection chemicals. - Experienced new production regions that stretched from Western NC into parts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. - Shadowed experienced salesmen and retail operations.

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  Southern States Cooperative

  Jun 2015 - Sept 2015

  Sales & Management Associate
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  Timac Agro USA

  Sept 2015 - May 2018

  Sales Representative

  Providing solutions through professional crop consulting with a large portfolio of patented efficient plant and seed biostimulants, bulk fertilizers and fertilizer additives to sod, horticultural and row crop producers and distributors.

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  Farm Pak Products / Barnes Farming Corp.

  May 2018 - now

  Farm Manager

  - Oversee all tobacco field production, processing and sales. - Manage row crop (peanuts, soybeans, wheat) production and agronomics, spanning 10,000+ acres. - Ensure optimal post-harvest produce quality through controlled environment storage with total capacity ranging over 2 million bushels. - Vertically integrated seed production by establishing and managing certified virus free sweet potato micropropagation greenhouses.- Coordinate greenhouse transplant production.