Also called: Agricultural Marketing Specialist, Livestock Market Reporter
Attends auctions and collects price data on cattle, hogs, grain, and produce, publishing official daily market reports.
You sit in a sale barn noting the weight and price of each lot of cattle, or call produce wholesalers to collect today's tomato prices. Within hours your report is published and used by farmers, traders, and economists nationwide.
Federal GS pay scale.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in ag business, animal science, or a related field.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Agricultural Business, Animal Science, Agricultural Economics.
Growing slowly. Small federal workforce.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Electronic auction and grain data already feed reports automatically; fewer reporters will attend sales in person by 2036.
Classes: Statistics, Agriculture business, English.
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