Jared Field

Jared Field

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Safety and Training Manager at Greenway Equipment Inc

  • Education

    • Mississippi State University

      2004 - 2008
      Bachelor of Science (BS) Agriculture Engineering Technology and Business
  • Experience

    • Black Gold Potato Farms

      May 2008 - Feb 2010
      Farm Tech

      Black Gold Potato Farms is a leading producer of fresh market potatoes for Frito Lay. I assisted with management of 1,700 acres of potatoes from plant to harvest. I managed all on farm precision ag technologies including JD RTK systems, variable rate applications, remote control of irrigation pivots, and all record keeping applications. During harvest, I directed all on farm potato sorting,washing, and load out to Black Gold Farms customers.

    • Sanders® (formerly Jimmy Sanders)

      Feb 2010 - Feb 2013
      OptiGro Lead

      Sanders is a leading farm input supplier with a large footprint across the southeastern US. They are considered to be a leader in the precision ag industry with their best in class OptiGro software.• Supported OptiGro Software for all Sanders locations in southeast region o Traveled between 23 locations and 4 states to train and support OptiGro users• Assisted growers with on farm precision ag technologies o Wrote numorous custom application seeding and fertilizer scripts and ensured they were functioning properly in the equipment o Created Management zones from soil fertility, yield, elevation, and soil type o Calibrated yield monitors• Supported sales staff with the sale of soil sampling and fertilizer applications o Made sales calls with Sanders salesmen to talk about the importance of soil sampling, interpretation of results, and customized recommendation with each customer• Managed all third party grid soil sampling for southeast region o Continuously worked with crop consultants to insure that samples were being pulled in a timely fashion and all data uploaded correctly Show less

    • Pinnacle™ Agriculture Holdings, LLC

      Feb 2013 - Jan 2017
      OptiGro Precision Ag Services Manager

      Pinnacle Agriculture purchased Sanders and their OptiGro software in 2012 to be a part of the new best in class national ag retail outlet. Pinnacle Agriculture is in the Top 5 of agriculture retail suppliers.• Developed a team of 8 precision ag specialistso Specialists were the experts in their region for new technologies, collecting planting and harvest data, and analyzing grower fertility recommendations• Managed soil sampling and fertility recommendationso Worked with newly acquired locations and regional university data to create fertility recommendations suited to the area’s needs.• OptiGro software design, development and supporto Worked with an elite team of software developers to design and implement an award winning precision ag platform for Pinnacle Agricultureo Continuously supported and updated the products through user feedback• Developed training plans for all new OptiGro productso Created a hands on training course for all new field employees using the OptiGro platform as a sales toolo Managed the OptiGro onboarding process of all new Pinnacle Agriculture acquisitions• Back office support for the OptiGro brand Show less

    • Greenway Equipment Inc

      Jan 2017 - now

      Managed Greenway's Precision Ag Field Team of 21 to drive the over all goal of new John Deere technology adoption across Greenway's entire customer base. Precision ag team created postive customer experience through technology demos with customers, agronomic data services, on farm irrigation/water management services, and infield start ups of new equipment/precision ag technologies. Greenway Equipment, Inc. is a premier network of John Deere dealerships in southeast Missouri and eastern Arkansas. As a CAD Business Manager (Commercial Application Dealer) I work across all locations and sales staff to develop customer specific engagement strategies to grow the commercial application business. I also work along side the re-marketing group to develop outlets for used commercial application equipment.

      • Safety and Training Manager

        Nov 2021 - now
      • Precision Ag Field Operations Manager

        Jan 2019 - Nov 2021
      • Commercial Application Business Manager

        Jan 2017 - Nov 2021
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified Crop Advisor

      CCA