What are some agricutlure career options?
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Question by rabbithorsegirl: What are some agricutlure career options?
Im currently going to school at Minnesota state uviversity and working on a beef farm. Im ow interested in making agriculture into a career, does anyone know and colleges, majors, or jobs i should look into.
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Any school with a college of agriculture.
There are such a wide variety of agricultural careers that is impossible to list them all.
Potential majors/careers:
Agribusiness (my major)
– Ag. Finance Management (my intended path)
– Management
– Ag. Sales
– USDA employee (especially in the Rural Development Agency or Farm Service Agency)
– many more
Animal Science
– Animal nutritionist
– Researcher
– USDA employee
– you can use this major to go to Vet school
– many more
Meat science
– Meat inspector
– Researcher
– FDA employee
– USDA employee
– many more
Agronomy (soil science)
– soil scientist
– conservation specialist
– USDA employee (especially in the Natural Resources Conservation Service)
– many more
Agroecology (using ecology to determine sustainalbe ag. practices)
– sustainable development
– researcher
– many more (I’m not that familiar with this sector though)
Agricultural Education
– Agriculture teacher
– USDA employee
– many more (again, not that familiar with jobs in this sector)
Good luck (: Agriculture is our nation’s #1 industry and the backbone of society, meaning employment opportunities are EVERYWHRE!!!
chelley
November 10, 2012 at 1:57 am