Career Opportunities - Crop Science

Many careers are available to crop scientists. Careers can be categorized in groups, such as field production, production advisor, agriculture product sales and marketing, agricultural research, agricultural educator and government agent. Examples of such jobs are:

• The grower who manages soil, water and pests in order to produce a crop of peanuts that meets the quality requirements for Mars Candy Corporation.
• An agricultural extension agent who combines knowledge of production practices and the latest scientific research to educate growers about how to grow a better crop of wheat intended for pretzel makers.
• A plant scientist who specializes in the ecology of weeds and advises growers on how to reduce pest damage to a crop with minimal effect on the environment.
• A research scientist who specializes in plant biology, cell biology, genetics, soil chemistry or biochemistry and conducts laboratory or field research that might produce a new type of corn to reduce insecticide use.
• An agricultural marketing specialist whose knowledge of software, electronics, fertilizer chemistry and plant genetics helps a soybean grower decide which is the best technology to use on their farm.
• A feed and forage quality specialist who performs the laboratory analyses that determine the chemical and nutritive quality for livestock producers.
• A governmenet agent who, in cooperation with a conservation group like Trout Unlimited, advises a farmer on how to maintain or improve wildlife habitat while also producing a high-quality hay crop.
  

  Other Job Titles:

  Agricultural agent
  Agricultural consultant
  Agronomist
  Agronomist researcher
  Biotechnologist
  Chemical/fertilizer consultant
  Conservation agronomist
  County agent
  Crop biochemist
  Crop breeder
  Crop ecologist
  Crop geneticist
  Crop marketing specialist
  Crop physiologist
  Crop production specialist
  District conservationist
  Extension agent
  Farmer
  Fertilizer technologist/specialist
  Geneticist
  Plant biochemist
  Plant breeder
  Reclamation specialist
  Resource conservationist
  Seed production specialist
  Seed technologist
  Weed scientist