Farming Intern
The Wonderful Company · Edinburg, Texas, US
Company Description Wonderful Citrus is North America’s leading integrated grower, shipper and packer of fresh citrus, including clementines/mandarins, navel...
Job description
Company Description Wonderful Citrus is North America’s leading integrated grower, shipper and packer of fresh citrus, including clementines/mandarins, navel and Valencia oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits, and other citrus varieties. Wonderful Citrus farms more than 74,000 acres of fresh citrus and has supplier relationships around the world to ensure a year-round supply. Our citrus can be found in all channels of distribution, with our consumer brands most visible in the produce department of grocery stores across the globe under our flagship consumer brands, Wonderful Halos Mandarins, Wonderful Seedless Lemons, and Wonderful Sweet Scarletts Texas Red Grapefruit. Overview: Our Farming Internship candidates will support a wide range of agricultural operations, with primary focus on Grove Care and Spray activities essential to tree health and fruit quality. Their responsibilities may include assisting with grove scouting, monitoring tree growth and pest pressure, helping prepare and calibrate spray equipment, and learning safe, compliant application practices. They may also rotate through the nursery to support seedling production and plant health tasks, work with irrigation teams...