Also called: Livestock Nutritionist, Feed Formulator, Animal Scientist
Designs the diets for cattle, pigs, chickens, or pets so they grow healthy and efficiently.
You use software to balance a feed ration from corn, soy, minerals, and byproducts like distillers' grains, down to the gram. Then you visit a feedlot or dairy to see how animals are doing, check manure, and tweak the recipe.
Animal scientists; consulting nutritionists to large dairies can earn much more.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's in animal science; most nutritionists have a master's or PhD.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Animal Science, Animal Nutrition, Biochemistry.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years). Agricultural and food scientists overall.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Software already balances rations and AI will do more; farm visits, feeding trials and advising producers stay human.
Classes: Chemistry, Biology, Animal science CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-1011.
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