Eric Norton

Seed Operations Manager at Arizona Grain, Inc.
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Credentials

  • Certificate of Achievement - Project CENTRL
    Arizona Center for Rural Leadership
    Jun, 2022
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Arizona Grain, Inc.
    • United States
    • Wholesale
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Seed Operations Manager
      • Oct 2019 - Present

      Responsible for managing and carrying out all seed production operations at Arizona Grain. Develop and maintain working relationships with growers to partner in producing seed contracts on a yearly basis. Also responsible to oversee and supervise the Arizona Grain Seed Plant ensuring that seed manufacturing is conducted efficiently and effectively. Responsible for managing and carrying out all seed production operations at Arizona Grain. Develop and maintain working relationships with growers to partner in producing seed contracts on a yearly basis. Also responsible to oversee and supervise the Arizona Grain Seed Plant ensuring that seed manufacturing is conducted efficiently and effectively.

  • Arizona Plant Breeders, Inc.
    • United States
    • Research Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Agronomist
      • Apr 2016 - Oct 2019

      Responsible for managing and overseeing all APB nurseries. Supervise seasonal field personnel to assist APB in overall breeding program. Interact with and assist APB plant breeders in carrying out program goals. Responsible for managing and overseeing all APB nurseries. Supervise seasonal field personnel to assist APB in overall breeding program. Interact with and assist APB plant breeders in carrying out program goals.

  • World Wide Wheat Nurseries, L.L.C.
    • Scottsdale, AZ
    • Director of Global Research Operations
      • Aug 2015 - Apr 2016

      Oversee and coordinate all research conducted by World Wide Wheat. Serve as liaison between clientele and W3 to ensure customers' needs are met in providing marketable, high yielding, high quality varieties. Ensure that research conducted is sound, pertinent, and reliable. Oversee and coordinate all research conducted by World Wide Wheat. Serve as liaison between clientele and W3 to ensure customers' needs are met in providing marketable, high yielding, high quality varieties. Ensure that research conducted is sound, pertinent, and reliable.

  • World Wide Wheat, L.L.C.
    • Agronomist / Assist. Plant Breeder
      • Dec 2012 - Aug 2015

      Assist the principal plant breeder in all aspects of the plant breeding program. This includes designing variety tests, evaluating nurseries, analyzing statistical data, and writing research reports.

    • Agronomist
      • Nov 2009 - Dec 2012

      Serve as lead agronomist for small grains breeding company as well as directly assisting the plant breeder in all field operations. As agronomist, I am tasked with overseeing that all nurseries are managed in optimal fashion with respect to inputs such as irrigation, fertility, and crop protection.

  • University of Arizona
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Area Agricultural Extension Agent
      • Jul 2001 - Apr 2009

      As Area Agent, I was given the responsibility to design and implement a research based agricultural education program along the Colorado River production regions of Arizona. The end goal was to increase the efficiencies and profitability of producers in that area of the state. This was accomplished through workshops, cooperative research projects, newsletters and other informational material that was distributed. As Area Agent, I was given the responsibility to design and implement a research based agricultural education program along the Colorado River production regions of Arizona. The end goal was to increase the efficiencies and profitability of producers in that area of the state. This was accomplished through workshops, cooperative research projects, newsletters and other informational material that was distributed.

  • USDA
    • United States
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Agricultural Statistician
      • Jun 2000 - Jul 2001

      As a statistician for the Department of Agriculture I was tasked with analyzing and setting monthly production estimates for multiple agricultural commodities within the state of California. As a statistician for the Department of Agriculture I was tasked with analyzing and setting monthly production estimates for multiple agricultural commodities within the state of California.

Education

  • University of Arizona
    Master's degree, Soil, Water, and Environmental Sciences
    1998 - 2000
  • University of Arizona
    Bachelor's degree, Plant Sciences
    1995 - 1998

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