Ridge Lee
Rupert,ID
Summary
Experienced Farm Manager with expertise in overseeing daily operations, managing farm personnel, and implementing strategic farm plans. Strengths include solid understanding of agricultural techniques and machinery operation paired with adeptness in budget management. Have successfully improved farming practices to increase overall productivity and efficiency.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Farm Manager
Jentzsch-Kearl Farms
Rupert, ID
05.2022 - Current
- Developed and implemented a crop rotation plan to optimize soil fertility and yield.
- Monitored weather conditions to determine when to irrigate crops or apply pesticides.
- Supervised planting, cultivating, harvesting, storage, and marketing activities for all crops.
- Maintained records on production output and crop yields in order to make future planning decisions.
- Analyzed data from previous growing seasons in order to identify areas for improvement in current season's operations.
- Inspected fields regularly to ensure proper fertilization levels are maintained.
- Developed long-term strategies for increasing efficiency while reducing overhead costs associated with running the farm business.
- Delegated tasks to seasonal workers and supervised completion of duties and responsibilities.
- Monitored weather conditions and adjusted strategies accordingly to avoid losses.
- Monitored fields to drive proper irrigation, weed control and pest control.
- Planned harvest and planting schedules.
Operations Manager
Red Baron Ag Services
Kimberly, ID
03.2016 - 04.2022
- Managed ground personnel and aircraft operations during peak times.
- Handled order-taking and discussed timing with clients.
- Ensured adherence to Idaho state regulations during crop dusting.
- Operated ground equipment including fertilizer spreaders and sprayers.
- Ensured safe loading of diverse chemicals onto airplanes.
- Performed maintenance on machinery during off-season.
- Managed scheduling, training and inventory control.
Farm Hand
Ronnie Lee Custom Farms
Kimberly, ID
06.2010 - 06.2020
- Assisted in the preparation of soil for planting by tilling and plowing fields.
- Harvested crops according to season and maintained records of yields.
- Maintained farm equipment such as tractors, harvesters, and other machinery.
- Weeded fields manually or used specialized tools such as hoes or cultivators.
- Ran a mark-out bar in potatoes with soil fumigation; also marked out beets, beans, and corn.
- Managed irrigation systems to ensure adequate water distribution.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Agricultural Business
Fort Hays State University
Hays, KS07-2024
Skills
- Profit growth
- Operational improvement
- Farm equipment operation
- Supply purchasing
- Livestock management
- Crop health management
- Documentation skills
- Preventive Maintenance
- Maintenance and repair
- Crop inspection
- Farm operations
- Crop irrigation
- Irrigation system
- Records management
- Insecticides application
- Crop management
- Equipment operation
- Irrigation management
- Harvesting protocols
- Fertilizer application
- Troubleshooting skills
- Customer relations
- Overseeing employees
- Agribusiness planning
Certification
- Professional Applicators License in the State of Idaho, herbicide, insecticide, fumigation, rodent control, chemigaton and fungicides
- Private Pilots License with a Drone Pilot License.
- Class A CDL
Timeline
Farm Manager
Jentzsch-Kearl Farms
05.2022 - Current
Operations Manager
Red Baron Ag Services
03.2016 - 04.2022
Farm Hand
Ronnie Lee Custom Farms
06.2010 - 06.2020
- Professional Applicators License in the State of Idaho, herbicide, insecticide, fumigation, rodent control, chemigaton and fungicides
- Private Pilots License with a Drone Pilot License.
- Class A CDL
Bachelor of Science - Agricultural Business
Fort Hays State University
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