Current Jobs in Agriculture

Students go to colleges and universities with the eventual goal of finding a job/career. With all the bad news about jobs being lost from our economy, jobs/careers in agriculture, food and natural resources remain positive for those who prepare.

At AgrowKnowledge, a National Science Foundation Resource Center, careers/jobs in agriculture, food and natural resources are divided into seven pathways. These pathways are grouped by common knowledge and skills required of occupations in each career fields. The seven pathways in agriculture, food and natural resources include:

1. Food Products and Processing Systems
2. Power, Structural and Technical Systems
3. Plant Systems
4. Natural Resource Systems
5. Animal Systems
6. Environmental Service Systems
7. Agribusiness Systems

If you are interested to see a listing of specific, current jobs/careers available in any of these pathways, click here. Then from the “career cluster wheel” (like the one below) on your screen click on one of the pathways to see the current job listings. From this link more current job listings can be found on the AgCareers.com website.