Are you interested in understanding how a business operates or how to make it profitable? Do you want to work in marketing, sales, or finance?
Consider a career in agribusiness. You might help produce or sell food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, plant or animal products, or other essential agricultural commodities.
Use the resources below to discover agribusiness career options, plan your education, and explore the job market.
Select any career title below that interests you to view a career profile. You'll learn about wages, education requirements, employment demand, and more for each career profile you view.
Note of caution: Career profile data is not specific to agribusiness. It is for the broader career title.
- Accountants and Auditors
- Computer User Support Specialists
- Customer Service Representatives
- Financial Analysts
- Financial Managers
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
- First Line Supervisor of Retail Sales Worker
- Food Scientists and Technologists
- General and Operations Managers
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety
- Loan Officers
- Logisticians
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
- Marketing Manager
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- Operations Research Analysts
- Retail Salespersons
- Sales Manager
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
Below are several majors in the agribusiness pathway. Select a major to learn about industries you might work in, the types of employers that hire a major, and find strategies to prepare you for a job.
Are you ready to set your education goals and gain the skills you need to work in agribusiness? Use the resources below to get started.
Plan Your AFNR EducationFind tools to help you set your goals, pay for college, find a program, and more.
Find Campuses & Programs
Search for agribusiness programs at Minnesota State.
Before you invest in a career, it's important to understand the job market. Based on where you want to live, you may have different opportunities. Use the resources below to learn about some of the employers in your region. You can research job postings to understand the skills and training these employers are looking for. After you've done some research on your own, make sure you talk to as many people as possible who are knowledgeable about the career. You can talk to your teachers and counselors. You can also reach out to an employer to do an informational interview about the jobs they offer.
Sample Employers
Sample Job Titles
Sales Event Specialist, Assistant Manager, General Manager, Store Manager, Customer Service Representative, Retail Sales Merchandiser, Sales Manager, Sales Representative, Merchandise Associate
Source: Gartner TalentNeuron
Find Job Openings
Find jobs in agribusiness in your region.
- Navigate to the Job Search on Minnesota State CAREERwise.
- Copy and paste the keyword string below into the Keyword filter.
Keyword string:
"Agriculture" OR "Agri" OR "Agro" OR "farm" OR "beef" OR "swine" OR "pork" OR "chicken" OR "poultry" OR "duck" OR "goose" OR "geese" OR "feed" OR "tractor" OR "harvest" OR "food" OR "beverage" OR "animal" OR "fish" OR "soy" - Use the Location filter in the left column to select a Minnesota region or to search by ZIP code. From the region dropdown you can also choose to search the state of Minnesota.
- In addition to the keywords above you can use Occupation Category to filter your search results. Select one of the options listed below.
-Business and Financial Operations
-Legal
-Management
-Office and Administrative Support
-Sales and Related
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