Ag Majors

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<p>A friend of mine is the father of a rising high school senior. The young man is trying to decide what to do with his life, preferably with a well-paying job after graduation. The young man is pretty good in the science, but has no interest in health-related professions. </p>

<p>My friend suggested that his son ought to major in agriculture. My friend’s theory is that everyone has to eat and food/nutrition/related sciences ought to be a growing profession. The son is open to the idea of majoring agriculture (at Penn State), but he isn’t sure what area of agriculture he should concentrate on</p>

<p>Since we living in the suburbs, we don’t know too much about agriculture. So again, I am asking my friends at collegeconfidential.com for their valued opinion. Any thing you can add about agriculture as a profession or about agricultural educaton, etc. would be appreciated.</p>

<p>Thanking everyone in advance</p>

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<p>Foundational in many aspects and gives many other fields the reason for being. </p>

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The premise is correct but the big exceptions to this is that people don’t have to eat and they don’t have to eat your offering. The first part is of course a political comment, and the second part is a simplified economic comment. </p>

<p>I have an Ag degree and was involved in aspects of food production.</p>

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<p>Good point, well taken, Long Prime</p>

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<p>When I was at UConn in the College of Ag there was a series of general intro to agriculture courses – Man and His Environment: something. The something was Animals, Plants, Natural Resources and … something else that escapes me. These courses provided a basic introduction to the very broad field of Agriculture, which is essentially applied biology.</p>

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<p>Again another good point, agriculture as applied biology,</p>