Agri-Science roles

Developing technology for the agriculture sector to make life easier for farmers and their teams, businesses more profitable, care for animals, and/or protect the environment. Your future could be designing technology to ensure world-leading practices and processes continue.

Specialising in producing and improving food crops through experiments and developing production methods. They must know how to sample soil, diagnose the nutrients crops need, determine the effectiveness of a nutrient and generally focus on increasing the quality and amount of food produced for humans and other animals.

Researching and implementing ways to improve or create new varieties of plants or crops. In the dairy sector, Plant Geneticists strive toward selecting the best pasture cultivars for dairy farming systems using biotechnology to understand plant breeding and hybridisation.

Studying and understanding the nutritional needs of animals. They might formulate diets or make recommendations based on an animal’s condition and type of physical activity (such as performance, reproduction, lactation, or overcoming nutritional deficiencies), and/or be involved in research or teaching activities.

Analysing the genetic makeup of animals in order to discover which genes optimise important traits such as milk production, immunity and longevity. They research and give advice on breeding programs, to help farmers improve the profitability and sustainability of their herds.

Focussing on improving reproductive performance of animals, enhancing reproductive success and contributing to competitive and resilient farm businesses. In the dairy sector, these scientists help increase reproductive performance in dairy cows, can work on aspects of reproductive physiology, management and selection of more fertile cows, and are all reproductive biology professionals.

Treating sick and injured animals, providing general animal care, and advising about health care and disease prevention for pets and farm (production) animals.

Helping in the examination, treatment and rehabilitation of sick and injured animals. They also interact with clients and perform receptionist duties.

Using data to examine changes over time and predict future trends. In the dairy sector, Farm Systems Modellers use computer models to simulate the interactions between cows, grass, crops, and management in a farm system. In the environment field, Modellers study data related to pollution, resources, ecosystems, and the climate.

Studying the structures and functions of cells at a molecular level. They are interested in the biochemical processes within the living cells of animals, people, plants, and other living organisms. In the agricultural sector, Molecular Biologists might engineer new crops or study the impact of drugs on safe gene growth.

Supporting scientists by carrying out more of the outdoors, hands-on or laboratory-based measurements required for experiments. They might manage and execute the plan for all the field and laboratory methodologies, undertake data entry and validation, deliver high-quality science results to scientists, and draft reports with the opportunity to co-author publications.

Working with data using statistics and applied mathematics to solve problems and give advice to ensure research is statistically sound. They design surveys, questionnaires, investigations, and opinion polls to collect the data they need; and undertake research.