Tom Brian Email & Phone Number

Sacramento, California Area

- Handle production practices of commercial and stock seed isolations of broccoli, cabbage, collard, general chinese cabbage, turnip, kohlrabi, squash, pumpkin, cucumber, watermelon and bean.- Manage crews for planting, rogeuing, weeding, manipulating, and harvesting of crops.- Assess crop health, soil and plant fertility, pest and disease pressures and irrigation to determine best management practices.- Set up fertilizer and pesticide applications for each crop.- Maintain detailed notes for each crop in order to track and improve production practices.- Set up fertilizer and pesticide applications for each crop.- Aiding in observation and management of production budget to improve cost efficiencies.- Work with growers to ensure good crop isolation and crop management.- Review contracts with growers and inform them of responsibilities of all parties for each crop.- Continuously updating yield estimates throughout growing season and communicating changes to management team.

Sacramento, California Area

- Managed production practices for stock seed cages for bunching onion, onion, carrot, peppers, tomatoes, watermelon, squash, melon and pumpkin at Sakata's Colusa and Woodland site.- Ran crews for cage set up and maintenance during growing season as well as planting, rogueing, weeding, pollinating, harvesting, etc.- Organized and carried out fertilizer and pesticide applications for each crop.- Handled disinfecting, washing and drying of smaller batches of stock seed pepper, tomato, squash and pumpkin.- Maintained detailed notes on each crop which were used to improve production practices.- Insured phytosanitary applications and inspections were completed for stock seed crops.-Assessed crop health, weather, soil fertility, bloom, irrigation, pest and disease pressures to determine best management practices for each crop.

Colusa, Ca

- Field scouting in production seed crops in Colusa County.- Used iForms software in recording crop data and developing crop reports.- Led and worked with small crews for pollination and harvesting of experimental seed crops.- Harvested and cleaned production watermelon, cucumber, onion, and carrot seed.- Aided in the management of experimental and production crops such as pumpkins, watermelons, peppers, and tomatoes.- Led and attended field tours with Sakata international representatives and breeders.

Woodland, Ca

- Worked summer months during 2013 and 2014 school years (not the full year).- Field scouting for pests and diseases throughout Yolo, Sacramento, Solano and Colusa Counties.- Scouted tomatoes, corn, alfalfa, beans, vine seed crops (watermelon, cucumber, squash, etc.), sunflower, rice, almonds, and walnuts.- Soil, water and leaf sampling in various crops.- Reported severity of disease, insect and weed pest pressures.- Attended management meetings for various current and new diseases in agricultural crops.- Communicated with growers and employers to discuss harvest dates and crop status.

Woodland, Ca

- Worked summer months during 2010 through 2012 school years (three summers, not two years).- Pollinated experimental corn plots (both cross and self-pollination).- Scouted corn fields for various diseases and pests.- Occasionally led and organized small crews for the pollination process.