Ceres Rural Careers

Unique Opportunity – Combinable, Energy & Sugar Beet Crops Agronomist

Waldersey Farms Ltd. farms 7,650 hectares across the Cambridgeshire and Norfolk Fens. It is committed to becoming one of the most productive and sustainable farming, food and energy businesses in the UK.

Ceres Rural is a leading, rapidly growing independent rural consultancy specialising in progressive crop production, farm management and environmental strategy across the UK.

The Position:

In your role as a Ceres Rural Agronomist, you will be working 60% of your time as agronomy lead for cereals, energy crops and sugar beet at Waldersey Farms. For the remaining 40% of your time, you will help service and develop Ceres Rural’s wider agronomy and advisory portfolio in the region.  You will have the opportunity to work from any of the Ceres Rural offices, with those most suitable being Saffron Walden, Norwich or Stamford.

The Candidate:

With a strong focus on both crop performance and environmental sustainability we are looking for an experienced combinable, energy and sugar beet crop agronomist providing the expertise to implement technical and cropping strategies as part of the growing team across Waldersey Farms’ 7,650 hectare operation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Crop Husbandry
• Developing crop programmes with soil health and environmental management focus
• Production precision and cost efficiency
• Data management, crop recording and decision support
• Storage and post-harvest technical input
• Training and staff empowerment

Qualifications:

• BSc Degree in Agriculture, Crop Management, Biological Science, or similar
• Minimum 8 years experience in agronomy decision making and data analysis
• BASIS & FACTS (essential)
• BASIS Diploma (advantageous)

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to become part of the growing Ceres Rural team, working collaboratively with Waldersey Farms.

For further details, please contact Jack Smith, Waldersey Farms Technical Director, on 07484 025 539, jack.smith@waldersey.co.uk or Ceres Rural Partner, Jock Willmott, on 07592 041671, jock.willmott@ceresrural.co.uk

Please send your covering letter and CV to carol.atkins@ceresrural.co.uk.

Closing Date: Friday 5^th September 2025

   

Ceres Rural is growing, so we are looking for qualified and experienced agronomists to join the team and help some of the exciting clients and farmers we work with.

We would like the brightest and best people on our team. Those who are ambitious and strive to provide an exceptional service to our clients. Our objective is to deliver truly independent and highly valued advice, led by experience, science and innovation.

Ceres Rural has five offices, Saffron Walden (HQ), Chelmsford, Shrewsbury, Oxford and Norwich. These roles would be most suitable for someone able to service either the east and south of the country, notably the counties of Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, or the West Midlands, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire.

You will be provided with the opportunity to undertake further training, however you must have already successfully obtained your BASIS (certificate in crop protection) and FACTS qualifications, and completed at least two years of practical experience since.

You will work alongside our talented and dynamic team of consultants, reporting to a Partner in the business. This will give you excellent exposure and nurturing to further your career at Ceres Rural, where your prospects include partnership.

Ceres Rural offers a range of benefits, including by not limited to:

• Discretionary bonus 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays. You will qualify for one additional day for every two years of service, up to a max of 30 days.
• Guaranteed Christmas ‘shut down’ period
• Pension contributions
• Corporate merchandise/clothing
• Training and examination funding
• Use of modern technology, including iPhone and laptop
• Corporate membership to the AICC and NIAB

To discuss the position further, call Alex Hall on 07592 041664, or Alice Andrews on 07592 041520. To apply, email a covering letter and CV to alex.hall@ceresrural.co.uk and alice.andrews@ceresrural.co.uk.

Ceres Rural is seeking an experienced rural consultant. Based in our Norwich office, you will provide smart business solutions to farmers and land managers across East Anglia, using innovation and science. You will join a young and talented team in a partnership that invests in your future.

We are looking for the brightest and best people who are ambitious and strive to provide an exceptional service to our clients. Our objective is to deliver truly independent, highly valued and entrepreneurial advice.

Our team, based in Norwich, Saffron Walden, Shrewsbury, Chelmsford and Oxford, operates as one combined business and covers a broad area throughout England and Wales.

To have a better understanding of your career prospects, including partnership, as well as the opportunities to work with some of the most progressive farming and landowning businesses, please email your CV to allpartners@ceresrural.co.uk