Allison A. Barbour
Crop Production Manager, Family farming corporations
Champaign, IL · (217) 555 0121 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/allisonabarbour
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Fifteen years in corn and soybean production management on large row crop operations
INDUSTRIES
Family farming corporations, land management companies, seed and input retail
SPECIALTIES
Crop planning, input purchasing, planting and harvest scheduling, agronomic decision making
SYSTEMS
John Deere Operations Center, Climate FieldView, Granular, Agworld
CREDENTIALS
Certified Crop Adviser, Illinois commercial pesticide applicator license
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in agricultural production, University of Illinois
Results at a Glance
214
Bushels an acre
9,400
Acres inside
$610k
Year with grid
$22
Acre on treated
Executive Summary
Crop production manager responsible for the corn and soybean program on 9,400 acres, from variety selection and input purchasing through planting, spraying and harvest logistics. Fifteen years in row crop production, measured on yield per acre, cost per bushel and getting the crop planted inside the window.
Signature Achievements
- Raised whole farm corn yield from 214 to 241 bushels an acre across five seasons on the same ground.
- Cut cost per bushel of corn from 4.12 to 3.58 dollars through input purchasing timing and variable rate application.
- Planted 9,400 acres inside a 14 day window in three of the last four springs by resequencing fields by soil temperature.
- Reduced fertilizer spend by 610,000 dollars a year with grid soil sampling and phosphorus and potassium prescriptions.
- Held harvest loss under one and a half percent across the whole operation through combine settings audits.
- Built the fungicide decision rule that returned 22 dollars an acre on treated corn across three years of trial data.
Professional Experience
Crop Production Manager
Salt Fork Land Company, Champaign, IL 2019 to present
Crop program across 9,400 owned and leased acres of corn and soybeans, with four crop leads and nine full time operators
- Owns the crop plan including variety placement, seeding rates, fertility and crop protection programs.
- Purchases seed, fertilizer and chemistry against a budget of 6.8 million dollars a year.
- Schedules planting, spraying, harvest and grain movement across three equipment lines.
- Manages crop insurance elections through the Risk Management Agency and files acreage reports with the Farm Service Agency.
- Reports yield, cost per acre and field level margin to the operations director after every harvest.
Assistant Farm Manager
Kaskaskia Bend Farms, Tuscola, IL 2014 to 2019
5,200 acres of corn, soybeans and seed corn production
- Ran daily field operations with a crew of six and 4,000 hours of annual machine time.
- Built the tile drainage plan that improved 900 acres of wet ground.
- Managed seed corn detasseling crews and met the contract quality standards each season.
- Kept application records and applicator licensing current under state and federal requirements.
Field Agronomist
Embarras Valley Agronomy, Villa Grove, IL 2010 to 2014
Agronomy service for 60 grower accounts across 70,000 acres
- Scouted fields, wrote recommendations and sold seed and crop protection programs.
- Coordinated soil sampling and interpreted results for fertility planning.
Licensure and Certification
Certified Crop Adviser, American Society of Agronomy
Illinois commercial pesticide applicator license
Member, Illinois Corn Growers Association
Education
Bachelor of Science in agricultural production, University of Illinois, 2010
Grain systems and drying course, Illinois Farm Bureau, 2017
Core Skills
Crop planning · Input purchasing · Planting and harvest scheduling · Variable rate application · Cost per bushel analysis · Crop insurance administration · Grain storage management · Equipment logistics · Crew supervision · Field data analysis