What Can You do With a Graduate Degree in Agriculture and Natural Resources?

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ECONOMICS & BUSINESS Appraisal Consulting Risk Management Credit Analysis Retail Management Marketing Sales Public Relations Finance and Banking Economic and Policy Analysis Commodity Trading Farm Management EXTENSION EDUCATION Teaching County Extension Service Government-Federal, State or Local BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING Power and Machinery Structures and Environment Electronic Systems Soil & Water Conservation Food Engineering Engineering Technology ANIMAL SCIENCE Research Inspection Farm Production and Management Veterinary Science Sales Agronomist Animal Health Technician Animal Shelter Manager Artificial Insemination Tech. Biologist Chemist Clinical Researcher

FORESTRY Forest Recreation Resource Interpretation Resource Management Wood Products/Utilization WILDLIFE & FISHERIES Law Enforcement Conservation Resource/Range Management Wildlife/Fisheries Biology Aquaculture PLANT & SOIL SCIENCES Crop Production Management Research Environmental Science Plant Breeding Soil and Water Conservation Soil and Plant Tissue Analysis Pest Management Farm Management Sales ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE & LANDSCAPE DESIGN Growing/Production Design Landscape Construction Nursery Management Arboriculture Turfgrass Management Sales Plant Therapy Farm Manager Farmer Health Inspector Horse Trainer Kennel Owner Immunologist Industrial Hygienist Laboratory Researcher Conservation Officer Education Curator

 

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ECONOMICS & BUSINESS Agricultural businesses Credit agencies, banks, brokers Real estate and appraisal services Public/private market analysis firms Farm information services utilizing mass communications County agricultural offices Purchasing/supply firms Feedlot operations Federal government Private foundations Farm cooperative services Feed and seed companies Self-employment EXTENSION EDUCATION Schools Extension services Agricultural agencies Agricultural communications and media firms Agribusinesses Government agencies BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING Equipment design, testing, and manufacturing firms Equipment and food industries including: processing, packaging, and storing Quality control organizations for food, feed, or fiber Biotechnology research firms Environmental consulting firms Local, state, and federal government Public health service ANIMAL SCIENCE Genetic research organizations Agribusinesses: meat, poultry, feed Government laboratories Livestock producers Feed companies; Feedlot operations Supply and equipment industries Extension services Veterinary practices Universities Animal Breeders Animal Shelter Dairy Industry Educational Institutions Farms Golf Courses Humane Societies Zoos Bureau of Land Management

FORESTRY Local, state and federal government Forestry Service, USDA, National and state parks, and Reserves Research Centers Lumber, pulp, and paper industries Private industry Landowners Nature centers WILDLIFE FISHERIES Local, state, and federal government Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks Wildlife refuges, and Management areas Private industries (e.g. aquaculture production firms) County/municipal agencies Foundations, museums, nature centers, zoos Nonprofit organizations PLANT & SOIL SCIENCES Extension services Federal agencies Agribusiness Construction agencies Plant propagation/production agencies International agricultural agencies Harvesting and fertilization manufacturers ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE & LANDSCAPE DESIGN Landscaping firms Parks and amusement parks Golf courses Cemeteries Large hotels and resorts Industrial sites Wholesale growers: nurseries, greenhouses, florists Retail outlets City and highway departments Botanical gardens and arboretums Floral designers Government agencies: local, state, and federal Colleges and universities Self-employed Health-related organizations and community centers Peace Corps Food and Drug Administration Food and Safety Inspection Service Farm Credit Administration Center of Disease Control

 

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United States Forest Service Careers in Agricultural Science from Plant Ag American Society of Landscape Architects American Society of Agricultural Engineers National Association of Agricultural Educators The Botanical Society of America National Recreation and Park Association US Fish & Wildlife Service Society of American Foresters Plant Pathology Online Institute of Food Technologists Careers in Veterinary Medicine Conservation Scientists and Foresters from the Occupational Outlook Handbook Landscaping and Nursery Occupations from the Occupational Outlook Handbook Landscape Architect from the Occupational Outlook Handbook Veterinarians from the Occupational Outlook Handbook Agricultural and Food Scientists from the Occupational Outlook Handbook