WinField United Sales Intern, Summer 2025

When you intern at Land O'Lakes, you're joining a Fortune 250 agribusiness and food production leader with more than 100 years of operations as a farmer- and member-owned cooperative. With business units spanning crop insight and inputs, animal nutrition, dairy foods, and sustainability solutions, you will experience a hands-on, purpose-driven internship. You'll have opportunities to network with industry leaders, tour our state-of-the-art facilities, and be challenged with a business-critical project, all while gaining skills that will impact your career trajectory.

WinField United offers unmatched agricultural expertise to help farmers, retailers, and other partners succeed. As a customer-owned wholesale supplier of crop protection inputs, seed, and crop nutrients with a commitment to shaping the future of farming, we are uniquely positioned to help retailers and farmers implement modern farming practices . To grow more food with fewer input s. To be even better stewards of precious land and water resources . To always be mindful of the next generation of farmers.

We have openings for Sales Interns in the following regions for Summer 2025 :

• Southeast Minnesota: Mankato/Owatonna, MN
  
  

• Northeast Iowa: N ew Hampton/Decorah, IA
  
  

• Western Wisconsin: La Crosse/Tomah/Eau Claire, WI
  
  

• Lincoln, NE
  
  

• Manhattan, KS
  
  

Internship Duration: 11 weeks (May - August 2025). Interns are paid $24.00/hour. Relocation assistance may be provided to eligible candidates for the duration of the summer internship.

Sales Interns will attend Land O'Lakes Internship Orientation in late May at Land O'Lakes headquarters in Arden Hills, MN to kickoff the summer internship. Sales I nterns will be placed in a division that focuses on total acre solutions using top-performing seed, crop protection, and crop nutrient products. This internship will build upon your previous agronomy internships by engaging with growers and retailers on business development skills and customer relationship and sales skills while learning about the WinField United products and services. You will also utilize field trial testing to uncover yield potential through nutrients, crop protection, and seed to bring targeted insights to growers via total acre solution. At the conclusion of the summer, Sales Interns will have the opportunity to deliver a final presentation on key deliverables to the WinField United leadership team at headquarters. This internship is a gateway to our WinField United Associate Program, a full-time 2-year rotational program .

Required Qualifications :

• Sophomore or Junior (preferred) undergraduate p ursuing a bachelor's degree in agronomy, crop & soil science, agriculture business, agriculture sales, or other related field of study
  
  

• Possess a valid driver's license; have and maintain a satisfactory driving record
  
  

• Required GPA of 3.0 or higher
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in sales or ag retail, with a focus on customer interaction
  
  

• Familiarity with the ag retail system
  
  

• Ability to work without direct supervision
  
  

• Excellent communication, writing, and critical thinking skills
  
  

• Manage time and effectively prioritize and implement projects and general work tasks
  
  

• Resourceful and innovative in finding solutions to problems
  
  

• Flexible and can adapt to changing business surroundings
  
  

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

Benefits for most full-time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k and a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k).

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

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