Careers in Agribusiness

What you can do:

  • Banking and finance
  • Business management
  • Farm appraisal
  • International marketing
  • Farm management
  • Cattle and grain buying
  • Political advocacy
  • Market and policy analysis
  • Research and quality control
  • Agriculture-related legal practice
  • Private, public, or corporate law
  • Grain merchandising
  • Price/risk management
  • Teaching
  • Retail Sales
  • Commodities Environmental policy

Where you can do it:

  • Product development companies
  • Retail marketing deptartments/firms
  • Consulting firms
  • Government agencies
  • Product management firms
  • Retail and wholesale companies
  • Transportation/distribution firms
  • Food processing companies
  • Investment/brokerage houses
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Private or corporate law
  • Owner-operated businesses/firms
  • Real Estate firms
  • Commodities investment firms
  • Financial institutions

What some of our former students have done:

  • Vice President of Tyson Foods
  • Dairy Economist for U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
  • Regional Bank Manager for Farm Credit of Arkansas
  • Market Analyst for Wal-Mart
  • President, CEO of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • V.P., Retail Sales & Marketing for ConAgra Poultry Co.
  • Price/Risk Management for Commodity Marketing
  • Executive Vice-President of Arkansas Farm Bureau
  • Professor at Oklahoma State University
  • Commercial Buyer for Masterfoods
  • Attorney for Arkansas State Attorney General’s Office
  • Portfolio Manager of Westchester Group, Agricultural Investments
  • Farm Management Specialist for Tennessee Agricultural Extension
  • Chief Public Defender for Nineteenth Judicial District, Arkansas
  • Bank Examiner for Federal Reserve Bank/Kansas City
  • Director General, V.P. of Operations for Pace Industries de Mexico
  • Agricultural Policy Specialist for Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Inc.
  • Vice President for Agri. And Commercial Lending, Simmons First Bank
  • Livestock Analyst for A.G. Edwards
  • Legislative Assistant for Senator Blanch Lincoln, D-A
  • Economist for the Central Intelligence Agency