News

Agriculture Students Should Be Able To Find Career Jobs

Agriculture Students Should Be Able To Find Career Jobs

Photo: WNAX


College and university graduates are about to embark on their new stage of life after receiving their diplomas in their respective degrees.  Getting that first career job is an exciting time.  As for graduates with an agriculture degree, finding that career job may in fact be easier than expected.  Dr. Tom Paulsen is the agriculture department chair at Morningside University in Sioux City.  Morningside started an agricultural curriculum eight years ago, and Paulsen says fortunately, Morningside has a 100 percent placement with its agricultural students.

Paulsen cites an USDA-Purdue University study that shows the trend nationwide features more students than available career jobs.

Paulsen says other Morningside students have been placed in ag finance, animal science jobs, and agriculture education.

 

Recent Headlines

3 days ago in Local

WHAT DOES MARIJUANA RECLASSIFICATION MEAN FOR SOUTH DAKOTA?

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – President Trump’s executive order to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule 1 to a…

3 days ago in Local

GOVERNOR RHODEN ANNOUNCES $200,000 GRANT SUPPORTING KEEP FARMERS FARMING PROGRAM

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – On Monday, Governor Rhoden announced a $200,000 grant from the Future Fund for…

3 days ago in Local

ICE’S YEAR IN SOUTH DAKOTA, FROM SMALL TOWNS TO OPERATION: PRAIRIE THUNDER

SOUTH DAKOTA (Molly Wetsch / South Dakota News Watch) – Five months after Operation: Prairie Thunder officially began, the South Dakota…

1 week ago in Local

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE ECONOMIST SAYS FARM ECONOMY HAS HELD BACK SALES TAX REVENUES

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Joshua Haiar / South Dakota Searchlight) – South Dakota’s State Economist Derek Johnson told the state Banking…

1 week ago in Local

STATE SPENDS $43,000 IN TROOPER OVERTIME FOR OPERATION PRAIRIE THUNDER

PIERRE, S.D. (John Hult / South Dakota Searchlight) – The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says a saturation patrol…