Business

By 2050, farmers around the world are expected to need to grow about 70% more food than they do now to meet demands of a rising global population. There are many opportunities to work in the business of agriculture, which includes farming but encompasses so much more. Explore the wide variety of programs and careers below, from research to production and even fashion. Find your path.

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Agribusiness

Agriculture and Food Entrepreneurship

Have a passion for agriculture and a mind for business? This concentration will prepare you to turn innovative ideas into successful ventures in the food and agricultural industries. You'll develop skills in business management, marketing, finance, and entrepreneurship to identify market opportunities, launch new products, and lead agricultural businesses.

Food Science and Business

Curious about how food goes from the lab to the marketplace? This concentration combines food science with business fundamentals, preparing you to understand food quality, safety, preservation, and product development while building skills in marketing, accounting, and management. You'll be prepared for careers in food production, quality assurance, product development, and food industry management.

Management

Prepare for a career with firms involved in the processing, manufacturing, and distribution of agricultural products. This concentration offers courses from a wide range of business interests in management, marketing, accounting, and more.

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Agricultural Education, Leadership, and Communications

Agricultural Leadership

Prepare for a leadership role in a variety of agricultural industries. This concentration will develop your skills for employment with the Extension service or in a variety of agricultural industry careers.

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Agricultural Engineering Technology & Business

Enterprise Management

Learn the skills needed to solve problems for a wide variety of systems and to manage an agricultural or business enterprise.

Surveying and Geomatics

Enjoy working outdoors and mapping the world around you? This path will prepare you to become a registered Land Surveyor in Mississippi, with career opportunities in land development, construction, and property surveying across the public and private sectors.

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Agronomy

Golf and Sports Turf Management

New construction of golf courses and sports facilities has led to a heightened demand for trained golf and sports turf management professionals. Learn the application of science to the integrated management of turfgrasses with a focus on conserving, maintaining, and enhancing our environment.

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Animal & Dairy Sciences

Business and Industry

Animal scientists research ways to improve the efficiency and safety of agricultural establishments and products. This concentration will prepare you to specialize in agricultural businesses within the animal industry.

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Biochemistry

Pre-MBA

This concentration combines a strong biochemistry background matched with business courses. It will prepare those wishing to enter the biotech or agribusiness industry to tackle an advanced business degree.

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Fashion Design & Merchandising

Merchandising

Prepare to enter the business of fashion. This concentration combines an overview of the fashion industry, consumer behavior, product development, planning, buying, business operations, and entrepreneurship.

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Food Science, Nutrition & Health Promotion

Food Processing/Business

This concentration combines chemistry and business courses, along with electives within the major, to prepare you to pursue an agricultural business career in the food industry.

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Horticulture

Floral Management

Do you see a budding future in floral design? This concentration teaches not only design but all aspects of the floral industry, from sourcing to sales and everything in between.

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Landscape Contracting & Management

Business Management

This program will prepare you to become a landscape contractor, working with landscape architects to actualize projects and providing the management and maintenance needed to keep those projects in prime condition after implementation.