Tips for Entry
Talk with farm crop production technicians about their jobs. Ask them for advice on breaking into the field.
Visit http://www.agcareers.com and https://www.careerplacement.org for job listings.
Stay up to date on industry developments, network, and learn about job openings on Twitter as well as LinkedIn, which hosts many agricultural-related groups.
To learn more about this field, read:
- FBNews: http://fbnews.fb.org
- Agronomy Journal: http://www.agronomy.org/publications/aj
- Crop Science: https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs
- Crops & Soils: https://www.agronomy.org/publications/crops-and-soils
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- Agricultural Consultants
- Agricultural Equipment Technicians
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- Animal Caretakers
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- Beekeepers
- Biosecurity Monitors
- Botanists
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- Ecologists
- Farm Equipment Mechanics
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- Farmers' Market Managers/Promoters
- Fishers
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