Colleges see higher demand for degrees in agriculture

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The university reports a 95% job-placement rate for graduates from the colleges of engineering and agriculture. Wages can start at between $50,000 and $60,000, said Iowa State University President Steven Leath.

DuPont Pioneer has been a top employer of College of Agriculture graduates for the past two years, said Cindy Heser, the company's senior human resources manager.

Demand for skilled workers in the industry shows no signs of letting up, in part because some predict agriculture productivity will have to increase 70% by 2050 to feed the world's growing population, Heser said.

Pioneer has doubled its workforce in the last six years to 12,000 employees worldwide, and expects to add employees at a similar rate for the foreseeable future, she said. About 3,400 of those jobs are in Iowa.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/story/2012-08-01/agriculture-industry-studies-surge/56809406/1

[intheflow]

1. Wish these were degrees in sustainable agriculture. n/t

[FedUpWithIt All]

2. I do too.

So many ideas and methods are being lost to us.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. If you google "sustainable agriculture major" you can at least see a list

of those few college which do offer it. And there are others like the U of Maine, which while I don't think they offer a true major do offer courses.

[ag_dude]

4. It doesn't have to be called a sustainable agriculture degree

For sustainability to be taught.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Also true.