Professional Farm Manager: Geneseo, IL

We are looking for the next valuable addition to our team. You will enjoy this role if you are an energetic and motivated individual who is passionate about agriculture and helping others. The ideal candidate will take a humble, hungry, people smart approach to the role, while demonstrating a cooperative and confident personality that thrives in finding creative solutions to solve clients’ needs. A Professional Farm Manager represents individuals, families, and entities that own farmland but do not farm themselves. They assist clients in helping them achieve their goals and objectives for their agricultural investments. We are a family-owned company that has been in business for over 80 years and are committed to providing personalized education and professional services to provide peace of mind to farmland owners. We value and care for our employees and strive to provide a culture that emphasizes integrity, respect, and accountability. Job Functions Develop and maintain detailed communications with clients, new business prospects, farm operators, farm vendors and professional service providers consistent with the company’s mission, vision, and values. Actively listen and respond to clients concerns and questions and react with flexible and creative solutions to help them enjoy owning their farm. Collaborate with other farm managers, administrative personnel, real estate agents, and appraisers in the company with the goal of working as a cooperative team to serve the needs of the client. Sustain and grow a profitable book of business that includes professional farm management, real estate transactions, farmland valuations, and consulting services. Develop, implement, and supervise short-term and long-term operating plans, land and capital improvement plans, management and leasing plans, and cash management plans for a client’s farmland and farm related assets. Constantly learn and grow in the day-to-day business of professional farm management, farmland real estate, and appraisal services to develop skills that enable clients and farm operators to be profitable and improve the value of their farmland for future generations. Principal Duties and Responsibilities Professional farm management; lease analysis, negotiation, and tenant selection Interact with clients’ other professional relationships impacting their farmland Business development – management, real estate and farmland valuations Land stewardship with a focus on improvement/conservation Income and expense budgets, cash flows, and profitability analysis Farm accounting and financial analysis Technical farm management cropping plans Ability to Build trust and always provide quality service Compensation Hertz Farm Management offers a compensation package that includes competitive salary based on experience, performance bonus, payment for continuing education, payment of professional dues, reimbursement for all business expenses, health/dental/vision/life insurance, 401(k) that includes an employer match, vacation, sick leave, and paid holidays. Requirements Bachelor's degree - required. Agriculture related preferred State real estate license or willingness to obtain it, with assistance from Hertz Farm Management, within the first six months of employment Ag background beneficial Excellent verbal and written skills Thorough commitment to customer service, internally and externally We specialize in farmland asset management, providing personalized service to assist our clients in meeting their farmland ownership and investment goals. Our main goals are to look after our clients’ best interests and to increase the net return on their assets, while ensuring stewardship of the land. Hertz Farm Management, Inc. is a licensed Real Estate Brokerage in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas Hertz Real Estate Services is a licensed Real Estate Brokerage in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin #J-18808-Ljbffr Hertz Farm Management, Inc.