118 Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. If you remember from Lesson 1.1, there are eight main components of agriculture (Figure 3-17): „ Agribusiness „ Agriscience „ Agricultural Communications „ Agricultural Processing „ Agricultural Support Services „ Agricultural Systems „ Natural Resources Management „ Production Agriculture Each of the components has a different set of specific jobs that might relate to your own unique interests. Sectors of Agriculture Sector Description Jobs Agribusiness Managing the profitability of agricultural goods Commodity trader Farm and/or ranch manager Agricultural loan officer Agriscience Research and development of emerging agricultural technologies Geneticist Biotechnology engineer Biologist Food chemist Agricultural Communications Informing those in the agricultural industry as well as consumers regarding topics concerning agricultural products Journalist Public relations manager Sales representative Agricultural Processing Transforming raw agricultural goods into modified products for consumers Grain mill operator Food technician Quality control manager Agricultural Support Services Industries and careers that provide support for the equipment and technology associated with agricultural production Veterinarian Distribution coordinator Mechanic Agricultural Systems Design and build agricultural equipment and machinery Agricultural engineer Irrigation systems specialist Natural Resources Management Focus on the ecology and conservation of cultivated and uncultivated lands Range manager Fish hatchery technician Wildlife biologist Production Agriculture Production of raw animal and plant goods for human use Cattle rancher Grain producer Catfish farm owner Cotton grower Goodheart-Willcox Publisher Figure 3-17. There are eight sectors of agriculture that you can choose a career in. Which sector do you think is most interesting?