Source: SOUTHEAST AG NET, 1/21/21


A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report that projects strong employment opportunities for new college graduates interested in agriculture and related fields opened with a cautionary preface. Termed “A 2020 Pandemic Note,” it stated that the underlying study and preparation for the report began in September 2019, “when global socio-economic conditions were much different from today.” It stated that fewer than the average annual number of employment opportunities would be realized in 2020, but that the team writing the report...

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