Agriculture jobs are plentiful across the country, but there aren’t enough people to fill those jobs according to one state official.
Illinois Department of Agriculture Director Raymond Poe says one study says there will be about 58,000 new agriculture jobs over the next five years, but only 35,000 college graduates will be trained to fill those positions. Poe says these jobs are the kind of jobs people are looking for in today’s economy.
Poe says the possibilities in agriculture are endless, and that the jobs in agriculture “aren’t just driving a tractor anymore.”
