Agriculture is often perceived as a traditional and low-paying industry. However, this sector offers numerous high-paying opportunities that can lead to rewarding careers with salaries exceeding ...

Even though there is a shortage of young people considering careers in agriculture, there are signs more students are pursuing ag education. According to a recent survey conducted by Land O’Lakes, ...

Swift County’s Brenna Wordes stands next to her sheep, Winnifred at the Minnesota State Fair. MinnPost photo by Holly Marie Moore. It’s the culmination of what 4-H students have been working towards ...

Agriculture encompasses multifaceted practices to provide food resources for every community. From farming that includes cultivating soils in preparation of growing crops of all kinds to raising ...

College students who are studying agriculture have many potential career paths into the state's largest industry. The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture hopes to spotlight some of ...

A career in agriculture can prove richly rewarding. While it's common to envision overalls and tractors when imagining careers in agriculture, the opportunities to work in the agriculture industry ...

The fields of farm learning are calling in Brookings, S.D. The first four-year precision agriculture degree program in the United States is set to kick off at South Dakota State University (SDSU) in ...

My father heard it all the time: Your girls can’t run the family farm. He had four daughters, including me. We don’t have a brother. Everybody in town seemed to have a reason for why a farm run by ...

ACRES IN LANCASTER COUNTY. A NEW PROGRAM IS OUT FOR YOUTH INTERESTED IN GETTING INTO AGRICULTURE. NOW IT’S CALLED THE AG AND YOUTH GRANT PROGRAM. AND IT’S EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. IT FUNDS ...

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is part of a new U.S. Department of Agriculture initiative to recruit and retain underrepresented minority students in food and agriculture careers, said Nina ...

A day for some 600 high school juniors to experience the multitude of career options in the world of agriculture was “a total team effort,” according to organizers of the Southeast Alabama Agriculture ...

Not all top agriculture careers are on the farm. As the farming industry faces growing consolidation in the U.S., one might get the impression fewer jobs are now available in agriculture. In fact, ...