Also called: Grain Buyer
Buys grain from farmers and sells it to food makers, ethanol plants or export ships.
You set today's price for corn at your grain elevator, call farmers to buy their harvest, book train cars and hedge the price risk with futures.
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 economics.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Agricultural Business, Agricultural Economics.
Growing about average. Steady in farm country.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Pricing apps help, but buying grain means trust with local farmers, elevator logistics and reading weather and crops.
Classes: Agriculture CTE class, AP Macroeconomics, Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 41-4012.
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