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Hertz Farm Management Inc.

Professional Farm Manager

Hertz Farm Management Inc., Mason City, Iowa, United States, 50401


Job DetailsWe are looking for the next valuable addition to our team. You will enjoy this role if you are an energetic and motivated individual who is passionate about agriculture and helping others. The ideal candidate will have a cooperative and confident personality that thrives in finding creative solutions to solve clients’ needs.

A Professional Farm Manager represents individuals, families, and entities that own farmland but do not farm themselves. They assist clients in helping them achieve their goals and objectives for their agricultural investments.

Hertz Farm Management is a family-owned company that is a leading provider of professional farm management services, real estate services, and property valuation services. We have been in business for over 75 years and are active throughout the Midwest.

Job FunctionsDevelop and maintain detailed communications with clients, prospects, farm operators, farm vendors and professional service providers consistent with the company’s mission, vision, and values.

Actively listen and respond to clients concerns and questions and react with flexible and creative solutions to help them enjoy owning their farm.

Collaborate with other farm managers, administrative personnel, real estate agents, and appraisers in the company with the goal of working as a cooperative team to serve the needs of the client.

Sustain and grow a profitable book of business that includes professional farm management, real estate, valuation, and consulting services.

Develop, implement, and supervise short-term and long-term operating plans, land and capital improvement plans, management and leasing plans, and cash management plans for a client’s farmland and farm related assets.

Constantly learn and grow in the day-to-day business of professional farm management, farmland real estate, and appraisal services to develop skills that enable clients and farm operators to be profitable and improve the value of their farmland for future generations.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Professional farm management; lease analysis, negotiation, and tenant selection

Interact with clients’ other professional relationships impacting their farmland

Land stewardship with a focus on improvement/conservation

Income and expense budgets, cash flows, and profitability analysis

Farm accounting and financial analysis

Technical farm management cropping plans

Nutrient management/fertility/nitrogen management

Risk management P&C insurance

Business development – management, real estate and valuation

Build trust and always provide quality service

CompensationHertz Farm Management offers a compensation package that includes competitive salary based on experience, performance bonus, payment for continuing education, payment of professional dues, reimbursement for all business expenses, health/dental/vision/life insurance, 401(k) that includes an employer match, vacation, sick leave, and paid holidays.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree - required. Agriculture related preferred

State real estate license or willingness to obtain it, with assistance from Hertz Farm Management, within the first six months of employment

Ag background beneficial

Excellent verbal and written skills

Thorough commitment to customer service, internally and externally

Work under minimal supervision

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