Seed production technician

Seed production technicians grow and process crops specifically to produce seed. The work involves managing seed crops, hand pollination where needed, assessing plants visually, harvesting and processing seed, and maintaining the quality and purity that seed production requires.

They work for seed companies and agricultural research operations. The role suits careful, patient people with a feel for plants who can handle the detailed, hands-on work of producing quality seed, apply biological judgment in the field, and understand that the seed they produce is the starting point for next season's crops.