Agriculture is the industry concerned with obtaining food and raw materials for goods from plants and animals, and involves farming, ranching, forestry, fishing, and science and inspection. A variety of jobs are available in each of these five areas of agriculture.
Farming
Farming involves planting, growing and harvesting plants used for human consumption. Positions involved in farming include farm managers, farm workers, crop dusters, pest control chemists and specialists, and farm equipment operators and repairers.
Ranching
Ranching involves raising animals for the production of meat or for an animal-based product such as milk or wool. Ranching jobs include ranch managers, ranch workers, animal trainers, feed specialists and nutritionists, ranching equipment operators and repairers, milking or shearing assistants, breeding technicians, artificial insemination specialists and large animal veterinarians.
Forestry
Forestry involves planting, cutting and caring for forests in the pursuit of lumber and related products. Positions in forestry include land managers, procurement foresters, conservation scientists, fallers, choke-setters, rigging slippers, log movers, logging equipment operators and repairers, log graders, and logging foremen and managers.
Fishing
Fishing involves using traps and nets to acquire fish and shellfish out of water for human consumption. Positions in fishing may relate to operating a fishing boat, such as fishing boat captains, first mates and boatswains, or related to fishing itself, such as fishermen, trap setters and fish cleaners.
Science and Inspection
Agricultural and food scientists research new methods and technologies that can be used in agriculture, solutions and treatments for pest problems and plant diseases, and ways to improve soil and reduce labor. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and its employees are responsible for regulating all types of agriculture in the United States as well as inspecting meat and other agricultural products.
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