Also called: Farm Credit Loan Officer
Lends money to farmers and ranchers for land, equipment, seed and livestock.
You drive out to a dairy farm in your pickup, walk the barns, check the herd and talk through a loan for a new milking system.
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 agricultural business or finance.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Agricultural Business, Agricultural Economics, Finance.
Growing about average. Steady at Farm Credit and rural banks.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps with crop and price data, but farm visits, knowing the family and judging a messy rural operation stay human.
Classes: Agricultural business CTE, Accounting, Economics, Biology or ag science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2072.
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