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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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- ?Lv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
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!!!
Source(s): ag. business student at West Virginia University