Make My Career Agriculture Have you ever thought about a career in agriculture? Agriculture is way more than just farming. Agriculture is very important to Georgia in multiple ways. For example, if we didn’t have agriculture, we wouldn’t have the food it takes to make our bodies strong. Some main sources of agriculture are foods like beans, vegetables, and milk. There are also many careers in agriculture, such as an animal behaviorist, a farm manager, and a marine biologist. Have you ever wondered how agricultural careers are important? One agricultural career is a farm manager. They help out by managing the day-to-day activities of one or more farms, ranches, nurseries, timber tracts, greenhouses, or other agricultural establishments for farmers, absentee landowners, or corporations. An animal behaviorist does way more than teaching animals to sit or fetch. They use scientific techniques to study (and sometimes modify) an animal`s behavior. Believe it or not, a marine biologist is also a career in agriculture that helps out by working with marine mammals in zoos and aquariums. What kinds of careers in agriculture do you think could be found in Georgia or your community? Georgia has an abundance of agricultural careers all around the state. Georgia is the only state in America that grows Vidalia onions. Middle Georgia is number one in raising broyles (young chickens weighing in at two-and-a-half-pounds), pecans, and peanuts, and is number three at growing peaches. Wilkinson County used to plant cotton and food crops for domestic use and shipment to market. What kinds of careers in agriculture might interest you and why? I would most of all like to be a marine biologist because I like the ocean, animals, and ocean animals, An animal behaviorist would also be something I like because I love researching and studying animals. I think students should seek careers in agriculture because it is very interesting and has many careers being offered. Agriculture has
