Crop protection research starts in Red Deer, Alberta, where Syngenta Canada seeks an intern skilled in field testing and data collection.

As a Crop Protection Development Assistant Intern, you will support Syngenta’s R&D Team during a May to August 2027 internship. You will work on small-plot research involving wheat, barley, canola, and pulse crops across Western Canada. The program connects academic knowledge with crop production, pest identification, and product development methods.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct small-plot crop protection research with the research team
• Initiate trials and field-test experimental products under development
• Collect data while following written protocols
• Identify crop staging, weeds, insects,
  
  
  
  and diseases
• Monitor site maintenance and research activities

Requirements:

• Pursuing post-secondary education, preferably in Agriculture
• Minimum Class 5 driver’s licence
• Comfort wearing a respirator and working mainly outdoors
• Ability to lift 20 pounds repetitively
• Ability to stand or kneel for extended periods

Apply field research, crop identification, and data collection skills while supporting Syngenta’s crop protection development program.