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| Year | # of jobs | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 69 | 0.00% |
| 2020 | 68 | 0.00% |
| 2019 | 71 | 0.00% |
| 2018 | 72 | 0.00% |
| 2017 | 74 | 0.00% |
| Year | Avg. salary | Hourly rate | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $41,768 | $20.08 | +3.8% |
| 2025 | $40,247 | $19.35 | +1.8% |
| 2024 | $39,547 | $19.01 | +3.3% |
| 2023 | $38,289 | $18.41 | +4.5% |
| 2022 | $36,656 | $17.62 | +1.6% |
| Rank | State | Population | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | 739,795 | 79 | 11% |
| 2 | Maine | 1,335,907 | 109 | 8% |
| 3 | Delaware | 961,939 | 76 | 8% |
| 4 | Vermont | 623,657 | 53 | 8% |
| 5 | Georgia | 10,429,379 | 581 | 6% |
| 6 | Massachusetts | 6,859,819 | 395 | 6% |
| 7 | Colorado | 5,607,154 | 357 | 6% |
| 8 | Connecticut | 3,588,184 | 228 | 6% |
| 9 | Iowa | 3,145,711 | 199 | 6% |
| 10 | Florida | 20,984,400 | 1,001 | 5% |
| 11 | Virginia | 8,470,020 | 411 | 5% |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 5,795,483 | 294 | 5% |
| 13 | Minnesota | 5,576,606 | 279 | 5% |
| 14 | Alabama | 4,874,747 | 221 | 5% |
| 15 | Utah | 3,101,833 | 162 | 5% |
| 16 | West Virginia | 1,815,857 | 99 | 5% |
| 17 | Nebraska | 1,920,076 | 90 | 5% |
| 18 | New Hampshire | 1,342,795 | 73 | 5% |
| 19 | Montana | 1,050,493 | 51 | 5% |
| 20 | New Jersey | 9,005,644 | 379 | 4% |
Alcorn State University
North Dakota State University
Alcorn State University
Agricultural Business And Management
Babu George PhD: 3. Be 'relacatable': Certain geographic areas offer higher salaries due to the concentration of ag based firms, demand for specific skills, or cost of living. Research regions with thriving agribusiness sectors aligned with your interests and expertise. Develop a taste for people and places other than your familiar ones.
Targeted micro credentials: On top of your agribusiness degree, obtaining relevant professional certifications, such robotics in agriculture, agriculture supply chains, or data analytics, can make you specifically suited for jobs that tap into these.
Sharpen business knowledge: In addition to specific technical expertise, developing business acumen in areas like finance, marketing, supply chain management, and strategy can help you present yourself as a suitable candidate for leadership and management roles within agribusiness organizations. Even when companies hire today for a specific skill set, they want to invest in those in whom they find future value.
Understand labor market trends: Conduct thorough research on industry salary ranges and compensation packages for your desired role and location. Reflect upon what you bring to the table, your unique value proposition, and confidently negotiate.
Babu George PhD: 2. Data Analytics: The ability to collect, analyze, and interpret vast amounts of agricultural data will be essential for optimizing production processes, identifying market trends, managing risks, and making informed decisions. I'm not suggesting that everyone should be a statistician, but it is important to be able to use the software tools available in ways that help you see the unseen. Thankfully, recent advancements in generative AI have made this way easier.
Sustainability focus: As consumers and policymakers increasingly prioritize sustainable practices, understanding principles of circular agriculture, carbon markets, resource efficiency, and environmental stewardship will be crucial to carving out a niche. Gain knowledge in areas such as regenerative agriculture, water conservation, and waste management. This will make you attractive for businesses.
Robotics and automation: Robots may replace us all, but that should be the reason to seek to understand them better. To coopt, collaborate, and to stay one step ahead of on the curve. If you have a sense of how to create surplus value for the firm with these technologies, you definitely have an edge.
Effective communication: Agriculture has become a very fragile coupling of a diverse set of constituents. It involves stakeholders, including farmers, scientists, engineers, policymakers, and consumers. It is important to bring them together, despite their often incompatible orientations. Communication skills are essential for explaining complex data, facilitating interdisciplinary collaborations, and negotiating with stakeholders.
Babu George PhD: 1. Agriculture has become another technology centric business: The industry is rapidly adopting technologies like precision farming, automation, artificial intelligence, and gene editing to increase efficiency, sustainability, and productivity. Familiarize yourself with these technologies (a conceptual level understanding is enough; the purpose is to be able to confidently converse with the tech side of the industry).
Think beyond 'agriculture as farming': Agribusiness encompasses a range of sectors, including food technology, sustainable supply chain management, agricultural finance, packaging, and policy development. Students may have to go 'outside of their syllabus' to learn these themselves, because, unfortunately, typical university programs haven't been able to fly past the 'farming based view of agriculture'.
Cultivate adaptability: The agribusiness landscape is disruptively evolving due to technological advancements, shifting consumer demands, and environmental challenges. There's a blue ocean of opportunities. Think beyond the current competitors and aim either to found your startup in those areas or to look for employment opportunities there.
Greater emphasis on networking: Attend industry conferences, participate in trade associations, and actively seek mentorship opportunities. Your network can provide valuable insights, job opportunities, and potential collaborations. In the evolving landscape, you really have an opportunity to sell yourself with your unique skill set, even when there's no advertised vacancy.
Dr. Jessica McBride PhD: Students can make themselves more competitive through experiential learning opportunities that develop specific skills for the industry as well as the essential skills needs to work with others. Students who are willing to relocate with have more opportunities for jobs as well.
Dr. Jessica McBride PhD: Recent graduates from the University of Connecticut, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources have the knowledge and basic skills to be successful in their first jobs out of college. I advise them to be willing to learn new skills, ideas, and ways of doing things. They need to have a strong work ethic and be willing to work with many different people. Being open to trying new things will increase their opportunities to grow and learn as they move forward in their chosen career.
Dr. Jessica McBride PhD: In the next 3-5 years it will be important that students acquire essential skills including excellent communication, ability to work with many different types of people, and understand the rapid changing environment of technology and AI. Employers expect college graduates to be teachable, willing to work hard, and creative in solving challenges in the field. Students can acquire these skills not only through course work, but through hands-on learning and experiential learning opportu
North Dakota State University
Agricultural And Food Products Processing
Leon Schumacher: I would encourage them to focus on not just the installation and maintenance of equipment, but also leadership/communication skills. All these skills will be paramount. Tech savvy, yes. But those with leadership and communication skills are also in big demand.
Leon Schumacher: Precision ag adoption has really just begun, and the installation, maintenance, and sharing how this equipment can bring a strong return on their investment is needed; these skills will be in high demand
Leon Schumacher: Be willing to locate to an area where the their first job exists is important. Too many times a person says I only want to work 30 mi from home. This is a huge handicap. They will have time to move back home with even more skills, and be able to demand a higher salary when they return.