Most of us think of agriculture as raising livestock and crops. Certainly these are both historic and current aspects, but agriculture, like most of our world, has changed dramatically and is infinitely more complex and far reaching than most people can imagine. Though some ag graduates do work in production agriculture, raising crops and animals, they are far from limited to working directly on the farm.
Agriculture is also as diverse as it is complex.
For example, an Auburn College of Agriculture graduate in horticulture is Executive Director of Gardens at Bellingrath Gardens and another agronomy graduate is Manager of a prestigious Alabama golf course. In Alabama, agriculture is big business, and it is an industry that is willing and able to pay for ambitious, college trained workers and managers. In this respect, agriculture isn't greatly different from engineering, finance, pharmacy, or other professional fields. However, agriculture is different in some ways. Not only are ag graduates in demand to produce food, but also to package and transport it, market it, regulate its production, and finance it.