POPCORN PLANT BREEDER SUMMER INTERNSHIP (Paid)

What Can You Expect from Your Internship?
Your internship will be an immersion into Conagra Brands. We will expect you to help uncover inefficiencies, improve capabilities, and allow growth with the support of your team. To enhance your overall understanding of our company, we will provide opportunities to network with peers and leaders to gain experience with the scope of career paths available at Conagra Brands.

Plant breeder intern activities include field, laboratory and office operations performed some concurrently or individually depending on the time period, during the growing season:

• Location: Brookston, IN
• Schedule: Hybrid remote/onsite internship structure with onsite summer presence necessary

Field Operations:

• Assist with layout, planting, and maintenance of nursery and yield trials
• Assist in data collection on yield trials
• Assist with crew management during nursery operations

Laboratory Operations:

• Oversee proper operations of the nursery harvest for future shelling and inventory preparation
• Oversee proper operations of yield trial samples for popping and volume expansion evaluation

Office Operations:

• Assist in the planning and preparation of yield trials and nurseries by managing inventory accordingly
• Actively participate in data capture and data summarization of observations from yield trials and nurseries

What are the Perks of Being an Intern at Conagra?

• Paid Internship
• A relocation stipend will be provided to those who do not have housing in the location of their internship
• Social and Professional Development Opportunities, such as Intern Orientation, Lessons from Leaders and a Summer Send Off
• Functional Trainings, Overviews, and Insights