The position is responsible for coordination and implementation of research activities associated with the agricultural research program at the department’s Oakes Irrigation Research Site (Oakes, ND). General responsibilities encompass providing leadership for defining, implementing and reporting the field research projects at Oakes. Specific duties include research protocol development, preparing and planting trials, imposition of treatment variables, trial maintenance, collecting field data, harvesting and processing samples, data analysis and reporting, planning an annual Field Day, and compiling data and information for an annual site research report. This position includes the responsibility to conduct both independent research and to support the research activities of other resear